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Sally Sherry, a media strategy specialist, provides strategic counsel on corporate and financial public relations, crisis communications, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations. In addition, she is one of the industry’s top media and presentation coaches. Ms. Sherry prepares high profile executives and experts for significant media appearances and presentations.  She is particularly skilled at enhancing their natural delivery style and maximizing their ability to be effective and engaging speakers.  Ms. Sherry has provided counsel to numerous clients including Yahoo!, GGP, Viacom, Health Net, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation, Cadbury Schweppes, BNY Mellon, IAC, THQ, and Polo Ralph Lauren.

Ms. Sherry brings to Abernathy MacGregor her many years of experience as a broadcast journalist. She was an anchor and reporter for network affiliates ABC, NBC, and CBS and also appeared frequently on CNN. Her work has been honored with a number of awards including the Journalistic Excellence Award of the Society of Professional Journalists, the San Diego Press Club Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Substance Abuse Summit Award for Excellence in Television Journalism.

In 2004, Ms. Sherry was awarded the prestigious Knight-Bagehot Fellowship for Journalists in Business and Economics, which brought her to study at Columbia University. In 2005, she was awarded the Wiegers Fellowship, and the following year, graduated with an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and an MS and a Certificate in Economics and Business Journalism from Columbia School of Journalism. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California San Diego with a BA degree in Political Science and Economics.

Ms. Sherry is an active member of the Columbia Business School Alumni Committee and the Knight-Bagehot Alumni Committee.