Sherry Handel

Current

• Executive Director at Guard Support of Massachusetts, Inc.

Past

• Director at Center for Women & Enterprise
• CEO/President at Blue Jean Media, Inc.
• CEO/President, Publisher at Blue Jean Magazine, Inc.

• Marketing Representative - Direct Sales at Datagraphic, Inc.
• Personnel and Finance Specialist at U.S. Army Reserves
• Account Executive at Eastman Kodak

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Education

• University of Vermont
• Northeastern University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Sherry

Connections

206 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Sherry Handel’s Experience

• Executive Director

  Guard Support of Massachusetts, Inc.

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

• Director

  Center for Women & Enterprise

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)

• CEO/President

  Blue Jean Media, Inc.

  (Publishing industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

  Author/Editor, Blue Jean: What Young Women are Thinking, Saying, and Doing, the acclaimed book written by teenage girls.
  
  Brands:
  
  BlueJeanOnline.com: Internet destination featuring content written and produced by young women around the world.
  
  Blue Jean Press (book division)

• CEO/President, Publisher

  Blue Jean Magazine, Inc.

  (Publishing industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years)

• Marketing Representative - Direct Sales

  Datagraphic, Inc.

  (Printing industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

• Personnel and Finance Specialist

  U.S. Army Reserves

  (Military industry)

  1987 — 1995 (8 years)

  401st Civil Affairs Battalion, Major DW Holleder US Army Reserve Center, Webster, N.Y.; U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
  
  817th Evacuation Hospital, Major DW US Army Reserve Center, Webster, N.Y.
  
  399th Combat Support Hospital, Lincoln W. Stoddard Army Reserve Center, Worcester, MA
  
  Awards: Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Recognition

• Account Executive

  Eastman Kodak

  (Public Company; EK; Consumer Goods industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years)

  Printing & Publishing Imaging Division

Sherry Handel’s Education

• University of Vermont

  Certificate , Sustainable Business Practices, Institute for Global Sustainability , 2009 — 2009

• Northeastern University

  B.S. , Business Management, Marketing Concentration , 1990

  Co-op Work Experience, Marketing Assistant at Millipore, Waters Division

Additional Information

Sherry Handel’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Sherry Handel’s Interests:

Entrepreneurship, Veterans' Affairs, Sustainable Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Building

Sherry Handel’s Groups:

Mass High Tech - Women to Watch Committee member
Boston Entrepreneurs' Network - Advisory Board member
Boston Entrepreneurs' Network member
Boston Entrepreneurs' Network eMinute Co-Coordinator
Center for Women & Enterprise - Central Mass. Advisory Board
WPI Venture Forum member
WPI Venture Forum - Program Committee member
Co-op American Business Network member

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Renewable Energy Business Network
•    Northeastern U. Alumni
•    Veterans Business Executives Network
•    Merrimack Valley Venture Forum (MVVF)
•    WPI Venture Forum
•    WoVEN - Women Veterans Empowerment Network
•    Boston ENET

Sherry Handel’s Honors:

Selected as a "Women in Charge: Bold, Innovative, Collaborative" by the American Association of University Women in 2003.

"Top Women Business Owners Award" for growth and innovation by the Greater Rochester, N.Y. Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, 1998.

Sherry Handel’s Contact Settings

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