The Lenexa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has selected the organization’s long-time Vice-President and Lenexa Rotarian Ashley Sherard, to succeed retiring CEO Blake Schreck in February of 2023.
An attorney, Sherard has been a fixture in championing the Johnson County business community for more than 25 years. She managed government affairs and advocacy for the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce for five years and Johnson County for one year before coming to the Lenexa Chamber in 2002 as its Vice-President and Director of Legislative Affairs.
“It's an exciting time for our members and partners, knowing that Ashley will lead the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce into the future. Ashley's leadership, knowledge, dedication, and perseverance over the past 20 years serving as Vice-President is proof she is an excellent choice,” said Chamber Board Chairman Jermaine Jamison of Jamison Perry, LLC.
Sherard currently serves on the Board of Directors of both the statewide Kansas Economic Development Alliance and the Johnson County Community College Foundation. She is a member of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Kansas and the Kansas and Missouri Bar Associations. She has also served on the Board for the Workforce Partnership of Johnson, Leavenworth & Wyandotte Counties and on the University of Kansas-Edwards Campus Workforce Development Advisory Board.
Sherard is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she was selected for admission to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, and the University of Kansas School of Law. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Institute for Organization Management and has earned Heartland Economic Development Course certification.
“As a result of her prior involvement, commitment and leadership in many other local and regional civic organizations in addition to our Chamber, Ashley has established herself as a proven and respected leader in our community. I am confident that she will continue the successful culture the Chamber has established and I am excited to see the perspective and new ideas Ashley will bring as CEO,” said Chairman-Elect Mark McFarland of Hinkle Law Firm LLC.
An attorney, Sherard has been a fixture in championing the Johnson County business community for more than 25 years. She managed government affairs and advocacy for the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce for five years and Johnson County for one year before coming to the Lenexa Chamber in 2002 as its Vice-President and Director of Legislative Affairs.
“It's an exciting time for our members and partners, knowing that Ashley will lead the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce into the future. Ashley's leadership, knowledge, dedication, and perseverance over the past 20 years serving as Vice-President is proof she is an excellent choice,” said Chamber Board Chairman Jermaine Jamison of Jamison Perry, LLC.
Sherard currently serves on the Board of Directors of both the statewide Kansas Economic Development Alliance and the Johnson County Community College Foundation. She is a member of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Kansas and the Kansas and Missouri Bar Associations. She has also served on the Board for the Workforce Partnership of Johnson, Leavenworth & Wyandotte Counties and on the University of Kansas-Edwards Campus Workforce Development Advisory Board.
Sherard is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she was selected for admission to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, and the University of Kansas School of Law. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Institute for Organization Management and has earned Heartland Economic Development Course certification.
“As a result of her prior involvement, commitment and leadership in many other local and regional civic organizations in addition to our Chamber, Ashley has established herself as a proven and respected leader in our community. I am confident that she will continue the successful culture the Chamber has established and I am excited to see the perspective and new ideas Ashley will bring as CEO,” said Chairman-Elect Mark McFarland of Hinkle Law Firm LLC.