Sherry Sims

Founder & CEO, Black Career Women’s Network

Detroit

Sherry Sims is the Founder of Black Career Women's Network, Chief Career Strategist, and a HR Professional. After working for more than a decade in the Human Resources industry, she wanted to utilize her experience differently.

While working in the HR industry, Sherry was inspired to create an online forum due to a lack of access to other professional black women while seeking a mentor herself. She established a Linkedin group and named it Black Career Women's Network with the purpose to share career advice. After making the transition to becoming a Career Coach, the group began to gain traction, and black women were seeking her out for career advice. She soon discovered that other professional black women like herself were experiencing similar or various challenges in the workplace. That's when she developed a new passion for helping people strive for career success, specifically black women. With her newfound passion, she decided to expand Black Career Women's Network offline into a national organization to include resources, a coaching program, and an exclusive list of Mentors to develop its members further and provide local support.

Sherry has received numerous awards and appears on Cincinnati's FOX19 affiliate as a Careers Expert. Her expert advice has been quoted in various national print and digital publications such as Essence Magazine, Black Enterprise, US News, The New York Times, CNBC, and more. She has also been

featured in the Cincinnati Business Courier, Cincy Chic, Cincinnati Herald, WLWT 5, and Who's Who Cincinnati. Most recently, she was listed as one of the Top 20 Career Coaches to follow in 2020.

"I want every Black Career Woman to be empowered to work in her highest potential, have equal consideration for professional growth and opportunities, be equipped to handle the dynamics of the workplace, and experience freedom and fulfillment at work." ~Sherry Sims