Sheri West

Founder, CEO &

Chairperson

LiveGirl

Ms. West has over 25 years of corporate and leadership development experience. Her education includes a BA Finance and Masters of Human Resources and Leadership Development from Michigan State University. Prior to LiveGirl, Ms. West spent 16 years as a finance executive at General Electric Co., a multinational company, where she was instrumental in its Women’s Network. She has taught leadership development courses at the GE Management Development Institute and the University of Miami-Ohio. Five years ago, she founded LiveGirl to “pay it forward” and prepare the next generation of female leaders. She was honored in 2017 as a Community Champion by the Boys and Girls Clubs, in 2018 as one of “Connecticut’s Most Philanthropic Women” by Serendipity Magazine, in 2019 as a “Woman Of Inspiration” by the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund and as a “Woman Empowering Women” by the Rowan Center. She is married with three children (ages 18, 15, and 12) and lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, where she also serves as an elected official on the New Canaan Public Schools Board of Education.