Merritt Canfield has three decades of global award-winning results as an executive search expert, 13 years exclusively in the Rail Industry, and over 5 years as founder and member of The Meritus Team. Merritt’s successes include placing a “CEO of the Year.” She was number one in multiple offices, received multiple Pacesetter Awards including Fortune 25, and was top 5% globally out of a field of over 2,000 recruiters in the largest recruitment network in the world. As CEO of Meritus Executive Search Excellence, Merritt and her team work exclusively with Rail Industry organizations to place impact player talent, including
c-suite, executive, experts, in every specialty ensuring clients receive a partnership with in-depth market knowledge. With a commitment to best practices, speed of delivery, culture fit alignment, and helping our clients build high-performance teams, the Meritus Team is driving results trusted by foremost rail industry organizations.

Merritt is globally certified in Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, ESSEC Business School and SHRM credentialed in AI & HI with HR Impact. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Gannon University, numerous coursework in Human Resources Management from Cornell University. She is a member of the ASLRRA, Human Resources Committee, SHRM, former Board Member of The Auxiliary NorthShore University HealthSystem and numerous industry speaking engagements and publications.