Dev Meyers grew up in the Burg, attending Wightman Elementary and Taylor Allderdice High School (Squirrel Hill). After earning a BA at George Washington University she came home to her Pittsburgh roots earning an MBA at Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Her father, George, had a lumber business in Bloomfield. Her uncle, Myron Cope, broadcasted Steeler games and invented the Terrible Towel. Her mother, Shirley, was an avid bridge player and jewelry artisan. Her son Michael Conley is a Senior Software Engineer at Google.