Meyer attended the University of Wyoming and holds an Master of Business Administration from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and a Master’s in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University in Washington, District of Columbia
Instead of seeking a second term as auditor in 2010, Meyer ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the 2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election. She lost by approximately seven hundred votes to fellow Republican Matt Mead in the primary election held on August 17, 2010. Meyer lived near Johnstown in Brown County in northern Nebraska.
In 1977, the family moved to Centennial, Wyoming.
From 1998 to 2002, Meyer was the chief of staff to Republican Governor Jim Geringer. She also served on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and as head of the Service Academy Nomination Committee for the late United States. Senator Malcolm Wallop.
She is a combat veteran of both Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom. Her final overseas assignment was as Mission Support Group Commander at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
She retired from the military in November 2007.
She also served as an Admissions Liaison Officer to the United States Air Force Academy and the Reserve Officers" Training Corps.
