ABOUT

A skilled communicator and creative artist, Sheryl is recognized as a trusted navigator of strategic partnerships with career experience in the non-profit, corporate, civic, and media sectors. She has served as Director of Outreach, Media & Special Projects for Tilth Alliance, where she helped launch and co-lead Eat Local First and the WA Food & Farm Finder, as well as numerous consumer-focused campaigns, events, and publications in support of local farms and food. Over her last four decades in the Pacific Northwest, she has worn hats as a journalist, publicist, writer, development professional, event creator, and community advocate. She is also the founder of Pie + Persistence, a house concert series that has raised over $120,000 for 34 organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally.

She is a contributor to Sound Consumer for PCC Community Markets and continues to work with Tilth Alliance’s statewide Farm Program.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

Budgeting ✳ Content Creation ✳ Event Development & Coordination ✳ Grant Management ✳ Media Relations ✳Program Development ✳ Project Management

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Communications Strategy ✳ Community Management & Engagement ✳ Cross-functional Collaboration ✳ Donor Development ✳Negotiations ✳ Relationship Building ✳ Stakeholder Relations