[4] Born to a Jewish family,[5] Meyrowitz graduated from Rider University with a bachelor's in marketing and management.
[7] She rose to Senior Executive Vice President in March 2004, which she maintained until January 2005.
[2][7] Her plan was to leave the advisory role in September of that year to "pursue new opportunities and challenges" outside of TJX.
[7] She was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company on January 28, 2007, replacing acting CEO Bernard Cammarata, the Chairman of the Board for TJX.
[2][7][9] In January 2016 she was replaced as Chief Executive Officer of TJX by Ernie Herrman.