Staci Meyer

In January 2025, Governor Josh Stein appointed Staci Meyer as director of the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR).

As a Cabinet member of Governor Stein’s administration, Director Meyer leads OSHR to deliver human resource management for North Carolina, helping state agencies and universities recruit and retain a highly qualified and skilled workforce. Aligned with the Governor’s mission to create meaningful opportunities for every North Carolinian to succeed, Director Meyer oversees a dedicated staff of experts who all work in service of the State.

The Office of State Human Resources is an integrated agency that serves as the nucleus of human resource practices for North Carolina. Through strategy and collaboration, OSHR works to modernize and simplify HR across the state, making it easier and simpler than ever to join NC state government.

Director Meyer has been a public servant to North Carolina since 1991.  She began her public service career as a law clerk to the Honorable R.A. Hedrick, then Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.  The same year, she began a 15-year tenure at the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, where she represented the state in a wide range of civil and criminal matters related to employment, child abuse and neglect, development of new institutional health services, and juvenile justice.  She also provided counsel to the court system and the predecessor agency to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR).

Director Meyer left the Attorney General’s Office in 2004 to become Chief Deputy Secretary and General Counsel at DNCR.  She served in that role until mid-2008, when she became acting Secretary.  From 2009 to 2013, Director Meyer continued her public service as a Commissioner and then Chair of the North Carolina Industrial Commission, where she conducted reviews of Workers’ Compensation and Tort Claims Opinions and Awards.

Director Meyer returned to the Attorney General’s Office from 2013 to 2017, where she oversaw the defense of State agencies in Tort Claims actions in various courts. Most recently, she served DNCR as its Deputy Secretary of Arts and Administration from 2017 to 2021, and Chief Deputy Secretary from 2021 to 2024.

Director Meyer received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Clemson University, and a Juris Doctor degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law.