Meredyth Hendricks serves as Head of CareerCatalyst within ASU’s Learning Enterprise. CareerCatalyst is the umbrella organization for all non-degree professional and career education, across all schools and colleges at ASU. CareerCatalyst works with experts across the university to build and scale tech-enabled learning solutions that meet the needs of working learners, employers, and society as a whole. As the founding Head of CareerCatalyst, Meredyth leads a team building a full program design and delivery operation, including a growing team of learning designers, technologists, and implementation experts.
Prior to joining ASU, Meredyth served as the founding Chief Operating Officer of Foundry College, a venture-backed education technology startup. While there, Meredyth helped expand access to college-level education to the 36M Americans with some college but no degree via live, synchronous online classes based on the science of learning. At Foundry College, Meredyth led business functions including finance, operational strategy and planning, HR, and talent acquisition.
Meredyth has also held roles in Sales Operations at LinkedIn, focusing on the LinkedIn Learning and Talent Solutions products; the University of California Office of the President, where she served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President Napolitano; and in management consulting at Bain & Company and the Bridgespan Group.
Meredyth’s expertise is in business strategy, early-stage venture growth, operational excellence, and career education for jobs of the future. Meredyth holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and BA in Economics and Politics from Pomona College.