Meghan is the Global Strategy & Operations Leader for EY’s Government and Public Sector practice, which includes more than 7,500 professionals across mature and developing markets providing advisory, audit, transactional and taxation services to clients. She is responsible for driving the development and execution of the sector’s strategy globally. Meghan works with EY clients and industry leaders to identify public sector trends and lead the development of new client solutions, including Future Cities. As the Future ("smart") Cities Go-to-Market Leader, Meghan leads a cross-sector, -region, -function team of innovators to build, test and deploy a solution that addresses the diverse needs of cities and citizens, such as mobility, infrastructure, education, energy, security and quality of life. EY’s solution integrates benchmarking and diagnostic tools, public and private sector collaboration, emerging technologies, marketing campaigns, sales initiatives, and learning and development simulations.

Member of EY's government and public sector (GPS) leadership team. Developed and executed sector strategy and go-to-market initiatives for $1.8Bil business globally. Responsible for all sector operations, including budget and financial planning, recruitment and onboarding, and internal communications. Collaborated with global service line, market segment, account and subsector leaders to build market leadership plans and deploy strategic solutions to address client needs and accelerate growth. Lead multi-disciplinary global team to drive collaboration and knowledge sharing related to GPS priorities.

Member of global private equity (PE) leadership team. Managed all sector operations, business and budget planning, and communications. Developed and executed market leadership plan and go-to-market initiatives for $1Bil business globally. Acted on behalf of sector leadership relative to communications, budget/expense approvals, and representation on global sector networks. Designed and managed annual Global Account Symposium (e.g., Shanghai, London, NY). Collaborated with account and sector leaders to team cross-sector and cross-service line to drive client programs. Lead, coached and mentored global PE team members (e.g., Marketing, Finance, Knowledge) to drive collaboration and knowledge sharing related to global PE priorities.

Managed all operational aspects of a $60 million global account, including account management and planning, strategic opportunity management, reporting, global coordination and communication, and client satisfaction.

Established sub-area's client satisfaction program and processes. Responsible for building, driving and executing strategic plan focused on sub-area priorities working closely with leadership to gather client feedback for more than 150 accounts annually. Conducted more than 400 interviews with C-level executives, including comprehensive interview reports, team action plans and follow-up to partners and account teams. Executed communication plan to provide firm leadership with feedback, as well as trend analysis to utilize client feedback to enhance service quality based on the market and client expectations. Developed and managed role of program coordinator to enhance reporting capabilities and quality of deliverables, as well as created toolkit of processes, protocols and templates for sub-area.

Instrumental in redesign of the Business Development Operations organization and events and marketing functions. Responsible for recruiting, building and training sub-area events team and processes; 80% of the 5-person team was new to their role and/or the firm. Developed processes to integrate and streamline marketing and events professionals focused on common market-related/client goals. Managed the budget and financials associated with sub-area events, including analytics and team accountability. Implemented comprehensive training program to on-board team members, including toolkit of key processes and protocols.

Responsible for providing strategic and tactical support to account teams and leadership, including communications plans for strategic pursuits through client campaigns, proposals, oral presentations and other documents to help Ernst & Young win new business. As team leader, was also responsible for recruiting, building, coaching and training sub-area team and processes; team ranged from three to five members, many of whom were new to role and the firm. Instituted consistent processes and tools, redefined and elevated role and expectations of the role through establishment of expectations with internal clients, including partners and business development executives. Implemented firm’s Global Pursuit Process in sub-area as a best practice. Co-leader of Americas pursuit strategy taskforce, including building on-boarding toolkit and coordinating annual meeting and training.

Responsible for all corporate communications for 40-person architectural firm. Projects included: new business development; marketing materials and campaigns; and PR and by-line articles.

Responsible for message, strategy and creative layout for marketing initiatives for $180Mil venture capital funded start-up healthcare company. Projects included: identification of new business development opportunities; direct mail campaigns; editor of company-wide employee and customer newsletters; created road-show/VC presentations for Chairman and senior management; launch of corporate website; and development of customer service feedback process.