Merideth Fanning Gilmor

Merideth Gilmor is the founder and CEO of Modern Global Communications, a PR and marketing agency based in Savannah, Georgia. The agency specializes in marketing and communications for high-profile athletes such as Maria Sharapova, with whom she has worked for 16 years, as well as Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, and Danielle Collins, alongside blue chip brands including Porsche, Evian, Veronica Beard, and Supergoop. Prior to founding her agency nearly 16 years ago, Gilmor spent 10 years as Head of Global Communications at Cole Haan, part of Nike Inc., after beginning her career at Conde Nast in media at GQ and Mademoiselle, followed by a role at Gucci. She earned her degree from SMU in Texas, where she majored in history and communications with a minor in dance on a classical ballet scholarship. Gilmor attributes her success to being in the right place at the right time combined with a strong work ethic developed through her dance training. She has served for about 10 years on the board of the American Heart Association and its MCC Committee, with a particular passion for heart and stroke issues in women.