Beth Meinert

Beth Meinert is senior vice president and general manager of MITRE Public Sector. In this role, she sets strategy, direction, and priorities while working with key senior sponsors of the federally funded research and development centers MITRE operates for civilian government agencies—including the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare, the Center for Securing the Homeland, and the Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization.

Meinert also manages related international programs, leads collaboration opportunities with industry and academic partners, and works with the board of trustees on business strategy and key initiatives.

Meinert previously led MITRE’s Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization. In that role, she directed the work of FFRDCs supporting the U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Commerce.

Meinert joined MITRE in 1988 after four years in the U.S. Army, and since assuming a senior leadership role, she has served as the officer champion for MITRE veterans and the Veterans Council.

Meinert holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Gannon University, and she is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executives in National and International Security program and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Executive Finance program.