Meritage Homes Corporation announced the hiring of Malissia Clinton as its executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Ms. Clinton joins Meritage after 12 years at The Aerospace Corporation, where she most recently served as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Previously, she was the senior counsel for special projects at Northrop Grumman.

Following law school, Ms. Clinton worked as a litigator at the law firm Tuttle and Taylor. She serves as a board director of 3D Systems Corporation and its Compliance Committee Chair as well as a board director of Pacaso. She was formerly a board director of Progyny Inc. and a member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Additionally, she is a board director of the Arizona State University Foundation and previously was the former chair of the Aerospace Diversity Action Committee and board director of the National Defense Industrial Association. Ms. Clinton received a bachelor's degree in political science at Arizona State University, earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School and completed the UCLA Anderson School's Executive Program in Business Management. Ms. Clinton will be based at Meritage's headquarters in Scottsdale.

She replaces C. Timothy White who retired in December 2021.