Strategic Communications | Marketing Communications |Public Relations

Corporate Communications| Media Management |Crisis Communications

Reputation Management |Thought Leadership | Executive Communication

Hi, I’m Sherise!

I am a strategic communications and marketing leader with over twenty years of experience working in entertainment, sports, education, legal, and social justice sectors.

I have spent my career defining, elevating, promoting, and safeguarding the brand, reputation, and impact of world-leading nonprofits and global media properties. This includes building multi-use communications and marketing departments from the ground up and developing cross-functional alliances to drive innovative, high-visibility campaigns, thought leadership programs, and strategic communications.

I’m honored to be considered a trusted crisis/reputation advisor to celebrities, corporations, and non-profit organizations—having helped to navigate many high-profile crisis moments. I’m adept at providing strategic oversight for crisis aversion and brand reputation. I am an expert in change management, delivering measurable results that resonate throughout the company and industry.

Most recently, I served as the Chief Communications Officer at Lambda Legal. Over the past 1.5 years I had the honor of building and leading the most fantastic team—and overseeing some of the most amazing projects, including working with Debbie Millman to rebrand the organization—and bringing on Robyn Kanner to redesign the organization’s website (both projects are underway). During my tenure, I introduced strategy to the organization and significantly increased major media placements.

Here are a few recent, noteworthy achievements:

* Secured alliance with respected designer and branding icon Debbie Millman to rebrand national nonprofit advancing the LGBTQ civil rights movement.

* Created and launched, Stack The Deck, a masterful fundraising campaign to boost awareness and advocacy for the trans community and led a communications platform enlisting support from celebrities, influencers, and prominent political figureheads in Washington to champion the LGBTQ agenda at a pivotal inflection point the national discourse.

* Powered brand refresh and communications and brand strategy (PR, media, events, marketing) for a university in Southern California.

* For a growing law firm in Los Angeles, formed and led a full-fledged internal and external communications and marketing division from the ground up, scaling revenues while reshaping reputation.

* Deployed digital strategy and set up marketing and media alliances for an international media company that has dominated its niche market with over a million subscribers/readers.

My instincts are well-honed. I can take the pressure, and I am committed to honesty and integrity in everything I do.

I am a graduate of California State University, Fullerton. I split my time between Northern and Southern California

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my wife, bonus son, two dogs (Odin and Romeo) family, and friends. I love traveling, listening to all forms of music, hiking, meditation, and I’m a self-professed sneakerhead.