Meridith Rentz
Chief Enterprise Partners Officer, ASU Enterprise Partners
Meridith L. Rentz was named chief enterprise partners officer of ASU Enterprise Partners in 2024 and provides the company, its business units and centers of excellence with strategic leadership in support of Arizona State University’s efforts to advance its charter.
Rentz joined ASU Enterprise Partners as the chief operating officer in 2023 and collaborated with the CEO in setting and driving organizational vision and operational strategy.
She has over 30 years of nonprofit and higher education experience. Prior to ASU Enterprise Partners, Rentz was vice president of global development for EARTH University and executive director of EARTH University Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that provides philanthropic support for EARTH University. EARTH is a private, nonprofit, international university based in Costa Rica, that supports students from over 40 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. During her tenure at EARTH, Rentz led the global integration of the organization’s development strategy and secured significant gifts from private foundations, multinational corporations and international governments.
Her previous experience includes serving as chief operating officer and chief of staff for Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, CEO and President of MedShare International, chief administrative officer for Emory University’s Department of Internal Medicine and a consultant in Deloitte’s Healthcare Strategy and Operations practice.
Rentz was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she earned a bachelor’s degree in economics, and a Woodruff Fellow at Emory University where she received her MBA and Master of Public Health.
She and her husband, Dean Baker, are the proud parents of three high school and college-age sons.
Meridith Rentz
Chief Enterprise Partners Officer, ASU Enterprise Partners
Meridith L. Rentz was named chief enterprise partners officer of ASU Enterprise Partners in 2024 and provides the company, its business units and centers of excellence with strategic leadership in support of Arizona State University’s efforts to advance its charter.
Rentz joined ASU Enterprise Partners as the chief operating officer in 2023 and collaborated with the CEO in setting and driving organizational vision and operational strategy.
She has over 30 years of nonprofit and higher education experience. Prior to ASU Enterprise Partners, Rentz was vice president of global development for EARTH University and executive director of EARTH University Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that provides philanthropic support for EARTH University. EARTH is a private, nonprofit, international university based in Costa Rica, that supports students from over 40 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. During her tenure at EARTH, Rentz led the global integration of the organization’s development strategy and secured significant gifts from private foundations, multinational corporations and international governments.
Her previous experience includes serving as chief operating officer and chief of staff for Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, CEO and President of MedShare International, chief administrative officer for Emory University’s Department of Internal Medicine and a consultant in Deloitte’s Healthcare Strategy and Operations practice.
Rentz was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she earned a bachelor’s degree in economics, and a Woodruff Fellow at Emory University where she received her MBA and Master of Public Health.
She and her husband, Dean Baker, are the proud parents of three high school and college-age sons.