About Sheree
Many Trails Many roads
When the medicine man of her Northern Cheyenne tribe met Sheree, he named her Many Trails Many Roads Woman. In fitting with her name, she embraces the multiple paths she travels in her personal and professional life.
EARLY LIFE
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
Sheree was born in Montana to a family of modest means. What her parents lacked in money, they made up for with curiosity, a sense of justice, strong work ethic, and boldness. Eventually, both her mother and father would hold state office.
When she was just 10, Sheree’s father was elected to the state legislature. Sheree began working on
Sheree was born in Montana to a family of modest means. What her parents lacked in money, they made up for with curiosity, a sense of justice, strong work ethic, and boldness. Eventually, both her mother and father would hold state office.
When she was just 10, Sheree’s father was elected to the state legislature. Sheree began working on the sidelines of the House of Representatives after school filing bills or delivering messages for legislators while listening to debate. At thirteen, she penned her first marketing copy when she developed her father’s campaign slogan. When she was a junior in high school, she wrote columns about the political process for her high school paper while managing the legislative message center. At seventeen, she gave speeches and wrote press releases during her father’s gubernatorial run.
After attending Vassar College and graduating with a degree in psychology,
Sheree chose to pursue a marketing path before more fully exploring her interests in writing.
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
After graduating with her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, Sheree began submitting her literary work in 2018. In her first year of publishing, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, won Submittable’s Eliza So Fellowship, placed in Midway Journal’s flash prose and poetry contest, placed in Beecher’s nonfiction contest, and received
After graduating with her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, Sheree began submitting her literary work in 2018. In her first year of publishing, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, won Submittable’s Eliza So Fellowship, placed in Midway Journal’s flash prose and poetry contest, placed in Beecher’s nonfiction contest, and received several other honors.
Her writing has appeared in Brevity, Passages North, AWP The Writer’s Notebook, The Sun’s “Reader’s Write,” Storm Cellar, Memoir, and Midway Journal, among others.
Sheree has also published journalism in the Orange County Register, advice columns for Savvy Auntie, and conference reports for Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.
Sheree travels frequently to expand her knowledge of the world and its people. She’s visited 49 of the 50 states, much of which she saw while driving an RV through the South in the middle of summer with her mother. She became engaged to a man that she met on an escalator in the Louvre. She also visited England to research the mystery of a missing couple while working with a writing partner. She’s still surprised by what she discovered. Sheree is currently completing a collection of literary travel reflections designed to take the reader on a trip through location and time while connecting to broader themes.
Sheree is also finishing a memoir about her relationship with her body and recovery from food addiction.
Sheree is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. She often writes about her mixed race ancestry in an attempt to make sense of it.
MARKETING AND LEADERSHIP
WRITING ALONG MANY ROADS
MARKETING AND LEADERSHIP
Sheree's writing career follows two decades of success in marketing including executive management experience as president of a national marketing agency.
In her early career, she worked at Nestle where she managed design of the Nesquik bottle as well as branding and graphics for forty-six other product lines while working in package comm
Sheree's writing career follows two decades of success in marketing including executive management experience as president of a national marketing agency.
In her early career, she worked at Nestle where she managed design of the Nesquik bottle as well as branding and graphics for forty-six other product lines while working in package communications.
Next, as one of the founding employees at IN Marketing Services, she held leadership positions of increasing responsibility and served as president of an acquired company during the agency’s rapid rise from startup to the largest U.S. retail promotions agency. While managing more than 1200 employees and executing a company culture turnaround, she led expansion into market verticals and delivered results that exceeded investor expectations.
Working in partnership and shopper marketing, Sheree has supported hundreds of brands with promotional efforts in all channels with more than fifty retailers. Her clients have included Walmart, Kroger, P&G, Nestle, Best Buy, and Unilever to name a few.
While obtaining her MFA in creative nonfiction writing, Sheree led a chapter of Startup Leadership Program and served as a partnership marketing consultant for University of Texas' MD Anderson. Her curiosity, breadth and depth in disciplines and industries, startup knowledge, and life experience help her to find success across varied roles in ambiguous spaces and emerging fields.
Sheree consults as a board member and marketing strategist. She combines her experience in executive management and writing to develop executive communications for UC Riverside, part of the world’s most comprehensive higher education system.