Merritt is Sr. Vice President at Walbridge and has been with the company for 38 years. As an active member in the community, she has been awarded CORP Magazine’s 2002 95 Most Powerful Women in Michigan, the Athena Award from the Oakland County Chamber of Commerce and the State of Michigan Dept. of Civil Rights, Michigan Women’s Commission among others. Merritt received the 2004 Good Scout Award-Detroit Area Council- Boy Scouts of America; a Leadership Detroit XV graduate and has been a Sunday school teacher for several years. She currently serves on the following Non-Profit Boards: Michigan Women’s Forward, HAVEN Foundation Board, Inforum Founding Honorary Board, Wayne State University.