Born in Nashville, Tennessee, and a graduate of the Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's in Communications. Meryl Johnson is an award-winning marketing executive with over 15 years of experience developing digital and integrated marketing, social paid media and content strategies that exceed brand goals.

She has worked at Warner Brothers Entertainment Group as a director of digital, worldwide theatrical marketing, and also at the Country Music Association(CMA) as a director of digital and strategies in Nashville, Tennessee. She was also the Vice President of digital marketing at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.