Sheila’s Biography

Sheila was born in Marion Ohio. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area at the age of five with her parents and older sister. They lived in a village with good public schools and a close feeling of community. They were of modest means but rich in love and family.

Married right out of high school with two sons born in the first three years, she loved being a homemaker and would probably have stayed in that role except that her ill-fated marriage found her a single mom raising two teenage sons.

With no college education but strong communication and people skills, she did well in sales. She attended a personal development seminar and found her calling as a speaker and writer. She formed her own company two years later and received many speaking awards; she is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame. Her writing also succeeded, she is a national best-selling non-fiction author, her books are translated into many languages and sold worldwide.

Sheila earned a PhD in Philosophy with a major in Communications from UCLA and has served on the adjunct faculty of Indiana Purdue University, San Francisco State University, and the University of Southern California.

Her leadership books are used as course material and are in libraries in 127 universities and colleges worldwide.