Meghan Steele

Industry Leadership of the Year

Meghan Steele is the vice president of state, local and education in the East Region for Cisco. Steele and her team support government IT leaders on initiatives to power and secure AI, expand broadband access for all, protect critical infrastructure and solve the public sector’s biggest IT challenges. From helping government agencies in Arkansas and Washington, D.C., use Cisco Networking Academy to build a government IT workforce pipeline, to supporting the State of New York with its transportation infrastructure, to utilizing Cisco technologies to help North Carolina in its disaster recovery, Steele’s IT leadership has accelerated the digital modernization agendas of state governments and has helped public officials serve their communities more efficiently and cost-effectively.