𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌. 𝐑𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫

Meridith Miller Rucker is a writer and programming expert specializing in leadership development and emotional intelligence training for youth, young adults, and emerging leaders. With over a decade of experience in education and media, she generates creative content and innovative programming that makes meaningful connections, inspires personal growth, and promotes achievement, self-discovery, and success.

Meridith is the Director of Program Development for BRIDGES, a Memphis-based non-profit, where she designs and implements leadership curricula and experiential programming that annually services 6,000 youth. At the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, she successfully redesigned all 7-12th grade summer leadership conferences to a virtual platform to keep programming accessible and impactful during social distancing. Prior to BRIDGES, she was Director of First- and Second-Year Programs at LeMoyne-Owen College where she led the expansion of Freshman Seminar to First Year Experience and increased the College’s retention by 15 percent. As director and lead instructor, she also created holistic development curricula for minority and underrepresented students, designed the program’s first digital course and increased its focus on mental health. Meridith also worked as coordinator for two of the College’s million-dollar STEM grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Education. In these roles, she focused on creating programing and facilitating intrusive advisement to increase the academic performance of STEM students with the goal o… Read More