| 词条 | Rita Meyer |
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|name= Rita C. Meyer |caption= |office= 26th Wyoming State Auditor |term_start=January 3, 2007 |term_end=January 3, 2011 |governor=Dave Freudenthal |preceded=Max Maxfield |succeeded=Cynthia Cloud |birth_date={{birth year and age|1951}} |birth_place= Johnstown, Nebraska, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |resting_place= |spouse=Leo Meyer |children=1 |party= Republican |alma_mater=University of Wyoming Regis University National Defense University |allegiance={{Nowrap|{{Flag|United States of America|1960|size=23px}}}} |branch=Wyoming Air National Guard |battles=Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom |rank= Colonel }} Rita C. Meyer (born 1951) is an American politician who served as Wyoming State Auditor from 2007 to 2011.[1] 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. Early life and educationMeyer lived near Johnstown in Brown County in northern Nebraska. In 1977, the family moved to Centennial, Wyoming. Meyer attended the University of Wyoming and holds an MBA from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and a Master’s in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Professional careerFrom 1998 to 2002, Meyer was the chief of staff to Governor Jim Geringer.[2] She also served on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and as head of the Service Academy Nomination Committee for Senator Malcolm Wallop. Military careerMeyer served for more than twenty-three years as an enlisted airwoman and officer in the Wyoming Air National Guard, having attained the rank of full colonel in July 2004. She is a combat veteran of both Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom. Her final overseas assignment was as a 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. Awards and recognitionMeyer has received the award of Outstanding Alumnus from both the University of Wyoming College of Business and the College of Education,[3] the Legion of Merit, the Order of the Bayonet, and the Order of St. Barbara. Personal lifeMeyer is married to Dr. Charles Meyer, a retired dentist and a native of Rawlins, Wyoming. The couple has one son, Charles Stoddard Meyer, a navy lieutenant, and a daughter-in-law, Emily, an export control attorney. Charles and Emily reside in Arlington County, Virginia. References1. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_2c840b74-6330-5713-af7a-1170727510f0.html |title=Meyer, Meyer, Maxfield elected — superintendent race still open |publisher=Trib.com |date=2006-11-07 |accessdate=2015-04-03}} {{Portal|Biography|Nebraska|Wyoming}}{{S-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box2. ^CST Article 3. ^UW Distinguished Alumni | before=Max Maxfield | title=State Auditor of Wyoming | years=2007—2011 | after=Cynthia Cloud }}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Rita}} 16 : 1951 births|Living people|American army personnel of the Gulf War|American army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Regis University alumni|State Auditors of Wyoming|University of Wyoming alumni|Wyoming Republicans|People from Brown County, Nebraska|Politicians from Cheyenne, Wyoming|American female military personnel|Women in the Iraq War|Women in 21st-century warfare|National Guard of the United States colonels|Wyoming National Guard personnel |
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