About Meg Fisher

When Meg saw the Lawrence Daily Journal-World roll off the printing press in her youth, she wondered how the rise of the personal computer could transform media. From her early years at the University of Kansas, she created the first digital newspapers and was relentless in her pursuit of embracing new technologies to make them more pervasive. From TCP/IP networking to Digital Rights Management to Digital Asset Management development, she applied each new innovation to improve user experience. She honed her skills at WRQ, Inc., Bertelsmann, Beliefnet, and Oxford University Press.

After creating a multi-million dollar digital publishing business for OUP, she was recruited to Cupertino to work at Apple Inc in 2007, where she was part of the Worldwide Education Product Marketing team which introduced iTunes U, reaching nearly 2 billion downloads; the App Store, creating billions of dollars in revenue; and the iBooks Store, bringing two-thirds of its licensing catalog. Her team created the Everyone Can Code App Development with Swift curriculum, providing fun, engaging coding education to young people, Grades 3 through College. As part of her Worldwide efforts, she worked with regional teams in Europe, Mexico, and South America, sharing Apple's potential. During the last 3 years of her 15-year tenure, she led the Technical Enablement Engineering team and the US Carrier Enterprise Engineering team with a $8B annual quota.

Meg advanced her education through her time at Apple, earning an Executive MBA from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) through its two-year, in-person program in 2018. She earned a Women in Governance Certificate for board development in 2019. She earned her certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Oxford University in 2023.

She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her wife, Lyn Greene.

Media

Pushing Fifty: For our anniversary issue, we asked Santa Feans to envision the city in the year 2074

RELEASED: JUNE 19, 2024, Santa Fe Reporter

"The Santa Fe Reporter’s 50th anniversary officially falls on June 26, but co-founders Richard McCord and Laurel Knowles gave advance warning before the first edition hit the streets, so we celebrate our birthday all month. In a June 13, 1974 story in the former Santa Fe News, McCord heralded the forthcoming Reporter by saying the paper’s “emphasis” would be local."

Included in the article are perspectives from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Senator Ben Ray Lujan, and other esteemed local figures.

“In the next 50 years, what makes Santa Fe timeless will still resonate. As forces change outside of our town, our people retain a sense of continuity, kindness and genuine nature that will be more coveted than ever in the world.” — Meg Fisher, co-founder of Santa Fe AI Partners, senior advisor for Code for America and adjunct instructor at the Santa Fe Community College

https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2024/06/19/pushing-fifty/

Santa Fe Community College offers coding and creativity opportunities with support from Apple

RELEASED: JULY 18, 2023

Partners for the fall launch include Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe Indian School, Boys & Girls Club of Santa Fe/Del Norte, STEM Santa Fe, and SFCC Foundation

This fall, Santa Fe Community College will offer the Santa Fe region new learning opportunities around coding and creativity, with the support of Apple’s Community Education Initiative. Community partners include Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe Indian School, Boys & Girls Club of Santa Fe/Del Norte, and STEM Santa Fe, which will work with the college and Santa Fe Community College Foundation to cultivate digital literacy, digital equity, and coding and creativity experience to Santa Fe’s diverse community.

SFCC President Becky Rowley, Ph.D., said, “Santa Fe Community College is thrilled Apple is supporting our work to offer training in coding and other creative digital skills to young people who have had limited access to such opportunities in the past.”

The initiative will reach youth in a variety of locations primarily in the Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe Indian School, as well as at the Boys & Girls Club based at the Santa Fe Place Mall. STEM Santa Fe will assist with the initiative.

Christie Abeyta, Superintendent of Santa Fe Indian School said, “Our students who represent the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico and many other tribal nations are eager to acquire digital skills that will not only enrich their education but will also benefit their home communities and future workplaces. We are so excited to have this support from Apple to foster inclusive learning opportunities that enable students to discover, investigate, and build relationships through experiential, community-based, and service-learning projects that embody our school’s core values. These initiatives will serve as a digital gateway between our school, Native American rural communities, and other local communities, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration for the betterment of all in this digital age.”

Apple’s Community Education Initiative (CEI) brings coding, creativity, and career opportunities to communities that are traditionally underrepresented in technology. Through CEI, Apple provides Apple technology, and financial and educator support to schools, educational institutions, and community-based organizations. The work aligns with Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, which in part aims to expand opportunities for communities of color through education.

Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez said, “Working with Apple’s Community Education Initiative is an excellent opportunity for SFPS to enhance the learning experiences of its students. By involving students at all levels in learning digital skills, SFPS is equipping them with valuable tools for the future. Engaging students in digital skills not only fosters their creativity but also builds their confidence in acquiring new abilities. In today’s rapidly evolving world, digital literacy is becoming increasingly essential across various industries. By providing students with the opportunity to develop these skills, SFPS is preparing them for the jobs of tomorrow.”

Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber said, “I’m grateful to Apple for this exciting investment in Santa Fe’s young people. With their support, our young people will get the skills they need to get high-paying, sustainable jobs in Santa Fe. The future is digital and now, with Apple’s support, Santa Fe’s young people will have a role in making it happen right here.”

For more information about SFCC’s role in this program, contact Dean of Continuing Education and Contract Training Kris Swedin via email at kris.swedin@sfcc.edu or call 505-428-1253.

https://www.sfcc.edu/press/santa-fe-community-college-offers-coding-and-creativity-opportunities-with-support-from-apple/

PBS NewsHour: Pandemic created unexpected summer jobs

One Summer Chicago's use of Apple's App Development with Swift curriculum with paid internships enabled young people to learn and gain useful experience during the pandemic. Everyone Can Code is in more than 12,000 schools across the United States.

PBS NewsHour segment on Everyone Can Code and One Summer Chicago pandemic paid internships learning to code.

Publications

Meg is a published author in areas of media and technology, including Information Week and BookTech magazine. Her passion projects in ethnomusicology are reflected with her writing for the Encyclopedia of the Blues (Routledge), Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music (Routledge), and editing of the Garland World Music East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea (Routledge).