Join us to meet Sheryl Carter, a well-known volunteer for the YAA. Sheryl L. Carter (formerly Sheryl Carter Negash) is the daughter of Thomas (factory worker/construction worker who traveled north from the South during the second wave of the Great Migration), granddaughter of Frederick (a Pullman porter who died young because the local white hospital refused him treatment), great-granddaughter of Floyd (barber and entrepreneur extraordinaire who was enslaved during childhood). Sheryl believes that her lineage and lived experience as a Black woman inform her professional expertise as much as her education and work experience.
Sheryl is the principal consultant of the Carter Leadership Collaborative LLC based out of Los Angeles. Her expertise includes devising and leading innovative skills enhancement, team building, organizational development, change management, and race equity initiatives. Her clients have included private foundations, public sector organizations, government agencies, K-12 and post-secondary educational institutions, private nonprofit companies, faith-based entities, and other companies. Before establishing the Carter Leadership Collaborative, Sheryl held executive management positions with Negash and Associates L.L.C., the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Lynwood Unified School District, and Los Angeles Unified School District.
Sheryl also has held leadership positions with and served on numerous volunteer boards, including the Yale Black Alumni Association, YaleWomen, YaleLA, and the Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors. Sheryl holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale.
Proud to be a Black Yalie and appreciative of the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale, otherwise known as “The House,” Sheryl is currently serving as one of the co-chairs of the 50th Anniversary of the House, which will be celebrated later this year.
