Megan Beyer

Megan Carroll Beyer (born June 5, 1957) is an American journalist, activist, and lifelong advocate of women’s rights and gender issues. Beyer is the Director of the Office of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022. She has served as an advisor to many arts and civic organizations, including Civic Nation, the American Film Institute, and the Better Angels Society. Early life Beyer was born in 1957 and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, to family physician Frank A. Carroll and his wife Suzanne Clarke Carroll, both of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude in 1979 from the University of Richmond, majoring in journalism. Career News media In 1984, Beyer began her career as a reporter covering education and politics for local and national television news programs. She was a regular contributor to Tamedia newspapers in Switzerland from 2010 to 2013. In the U,S., her essays are found on Motherhood Movement Online, Role ReBoot the Alexandria Times, and the Huffington Post. She is a regular panelist on PBS's To the Contrary, the only national television program devoted to women's issues. She has been a frequent columnist in various publications, including the Alexandria Times and Times Community Newspapers, a chain in Northern Virginia.