I’m Meg Morrissey. I hold a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan, where I focused on the preservation of information — though I didn’t arrive there by a straight line.
I came to Michigan to become a children’s librarian — I wanted to build programs that brought library resources to kids who didn’t have access to them. On my first day working at the Stephen S. Clark Library, I attended a lecture on digital preservation and everything shifted. I changed my course schedule and never looked back.
What didn’t change was the impulse that brought me to Michigan in the first place — to make things work better for people. Outside of work, that looks different: supporting access to education for kids in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, reproductive justice, climate justice, and organizations that show up for the LGBTQ+ community — particularly trans kids. The work varies, but the instinct is the same — and it’s also what’s guided my career.
I’ve spent over a decade solving the kinds of information management problems that quietly make people’s days harder. Every broken workflow, every siloed system, every asset that takes twenty minutes to find instead of two — those aren’t just inefficiencies. They’re friction that adds up, drains energy, and crowds out the interesting work.
Most people just want to do their jobs well. I make that easier. Clean data, streamlined workflows, and systems that talk to each other give people back the time and headspace for the work that actually matters — the coffee break where the good idea happens, the afternoon that doesn’t feel like a slog.
Better workflows make for better days. And better days make for bigger ideas.