Meyers, a native of Newport News, Virginia, earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University.
[1] Meyers held the position of steam generator and systems analyst for General Electric.
[3] She has also held faculty and administrative positions at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta University Center Corporation, and National Science Foundation.
[3] On February 3, 2006, Meyers was named as President of Norfolk State University, and she assumed her duties on July 1, 2006.
[citation needed] On November 3, 2009, Meyers was announced as one of three finalists as the president of Morgan State University.