Having dedicated over 20 years to the veteran, caregiver, and military community, Meredith Beck is the Vice President for Government Affairs and Community Engagement for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Previously serving as a strategic, policy, and programmatic consultant for several veteran-serving non-profit organizations, she was honored to recently be appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to a two-year term as a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Family, Caregivers, and Survivors. She spent over eight years on Capitol Hill working for members of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, followed by a period of time as the National Policy Director for the Wounded Warrior Project. A graduate of Davidson College, she currently resides in Arlington, VA with her husband, two sons, and their dog River.