EXECUTIVE PROFILE
SHERI POE INC, Santa Monica, CA • Principal / Inspirational and Motivational Speaker / Entrepreneurial Empowerment Coach/Consultant / Sexual Assault Recovery Coach
POE CONSULTING, Santa Monica, CA • Principal
CURRENT SOLUTIONS, San Luis Obispo, CA • Public Speaker / Mentor / Partner In Outreach
SOJOURN, Santa Monica, CA • Advisory Board Member
PURITY OF ELEMENTS, Santa Monica, CA • Founder / Spokesperson
SHERI POE FOOTWEAR for HSN, Encino, CA • Founder / President
MBT USA FOOTWEAR, Venice, CA • CEO
T.E.S.S. (TEEN EVERYDAY SKINCARE SYSTEM), INC., Santa Barbara, CA • Co-Founder / CEO
RYKA ATHLETIC SHOES, INC., Boston, MA • Founder / Chief Executive Officer / President
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE & LEADERSHIP
• Public Speaking • Women's Advocacy • Targeted Coaching • Strategic Vision & Business Planning • Product Development
• Team-building & Leadership • Brand Management • Start-Up, High Growth & Turnaround Businesses
• Consultant To Women Focused Consumer Product Brands • Direct–To–Consumer TV Sales & Spokesperson
• International Sales & Distribution • Public Relations & Promotions • Public & Private Financing
• Strategic Alliances & Partnerships • E-Commerce • Viral Marketing P&L Accountability • Organizational Leadership • Manufacturing • Early Pioneer in Cause Marketing • Domestic Violence Certified Advocate
RECOGNITION AWARDS - PARTIAL LIST
•ERNST & YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Finalist
•BUSINESS WEEK MAGAZINE Named ‘One of The Ten Entrepreneur’s of The Decade’ for the RYKA/RYKA
R.O.S.E partnership
•NEW ENGLAND WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AWARD IN BUSINESS in recognition of outstanding contributions to
the business community
•ADVERTISING AGE/MARKETING 100 in recognition of innovative contributions and superior performance with
the RYKA women’s marketing campaign
•NAFFY AWARD, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEMALE EXECUTIVES For Nurturing The Aspirations of Females
For The Future
•WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD for National Contribution to Women’s Well-Being, City Woman
Magazine, San Francisco, CA
•MILTON PETRIE AWARD National Victim Center, in recognition of contributions to help end violence against
women.
HONORARY DEGREES
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - Doctorate of Commercial Science
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY - Doctorate of Commercial Science
BABSON COLLEGE - Doctorate of Laws
PINE MANOR COLLEGE - Doctorate of Laws
PRINT & TELEVISION MEDIA - PARTIAL LIST
Newsweek
Family Circle
Business Week
Working Woman
Ladies’ Home Journal
People Magazine
NBC Nightly News
The Wall Street Journal
The Los Angeles Times
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Today Show
USA Today
The Atlanta Constitution
The Boston Globe
Chicago Sun-Times
The Joan Rivers Show
CBS: New England
CBS News: Eye On America
Success
Entrepreneur
Shape Magazine
Nation’s Business
Executive Female
Women’s Wear Daily
Woman’s World
Footwear News
The New York Times
INCLUSIONS IN TEXTBOOKS & NON-FICTION
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, COMPETITIVENESS & GLOBALIZATION; by Arthur A. Thompson, Jr. &
A.J. Strickland III: Richard D. Irwin, Inc.
75 BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES; by Alan Reder, 1995
WHO’S WHO AMONG OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVES, 1996
UNSTOPPABLE, by Cynthia Kersey