Beth Meyer is a co-founder of Leading For Change (LFC) and has served as its President and CEO since 2013.

Prior to joining LFC, Beth served seven years with the Center for Progressive Leadership as their National Vice President of State Operations working in Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Colorado. Earlier, she was with Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona (now PPAZ) as their Vice President of External Affairs for approximately five years.

Beth moved to Arizona from New York in late 1980 to work in an executive position for the Greyhound Corporation for four years. She then opened and operated a public relations and marketing firm that she sold 15 years later to become more engaged in non-profit work full time. Prior to coming to Arizona she served in several leadership positions for Gulf + Western Industries (now Viacom) and the INA Corporation.

She has served on a number of Arizona-based Board of Directors, including the Community AIDS Council (co-founder), ACLU-Arizona, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, Phoenix Theatre, the Opera League, Defenders of Children, the Arizona Advocacy Network (co-founder), the Arizona American Jewish Committee, and Arizona Family Health Partnership (now AFFIRM). She currently serves on the AFFIRM public policy committee and the Boards of Labor’s Community Service Agency (LCSA) and Just Communities Arizona.

Among various recognitions, she was a recipient of YWCA Communications Woman of the Year, AFL-CIO Community Leader and the Phoenix Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business awards.