Our staff brings an array of talents and experiences to the table helping to make your vision and our mission come alive.

Sheri Miller, Founder, Executive Director. As the visionary, her guidance and support keep the organization focused on the big picture and on target; helping each community reach its goals and the Foundation's mission, simultaneously. After working many years in marketing and merchandising at her family’s business, Sheri successfully ran her own promotional products company until she chose to stay home and raise her kids. Returning to work in 2005 she founded The Charmm'd Foundation.  Believing strongly in collaboration, Sheri depends heavily on community and team strengths to make this work succeed. Sheri holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in Organizational Behavior. She welcomes hearing from you and can be reached at Sheri@tbgfoundations.org. 

Gene Salvadalena, Director of Leadership Development. Gene partners with community organizations, businesses, parents, and other community members, helping them find solutions to strengthen their community, providing them with facilitation, coaching and mentoring in; leadership development, strategic planning, and conducting effective community discussion groups. All efforts are designed so that they themselves can enhance the leadership skills of others. Gene brings a strong corporate presence to the team with 20 years of key management positions at The Boeing Company in; Industrial Engineering, Human Resources, and Corporate Philanthropy. Strategic thinking, organizational development, business planning, process engineering, and training & development have been the core of his responsibilities throughout his work life. During his career he has focused on listening to his customers, asking educated and thought provoking questions to best understand their needs bringing a systems integration approach in getting to the solution. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University. Gene can be reached at Gene@tbgfoundations.org

Ashley Ward, LCSW, Director of Community Programs. In her role at the Foundation, Ashley oversees the teach, empower AND model initiative that has been in place since 2006 and involves multiple schools. She works directly with education consultants and school leaders to support the schools’ culture changing initiatives. In addition, she manages an invitation-only grant program that offers strategic support and funding for sustainable leadership development to organizations and individuals in the Foundation’s geographic areas of focus. Ashley coordinates a variety of professional development events to provide meaningful learning experiences for community leaders.

Susan Baird, Project Coordinator. Susan is in charge of special projects to help the team reach it’s goals in both the education market and the community. She  coordinates  all events held by The Charmm’d Foundation. Susan works with local businesses to form alliances and gain sponsorship for educational and community programs. Prior to joining The Charmm’d Foundation, Susan worked at Quill Corporation for 14 years and held various positions in Strategic Planning, Executive Administration and Human Resources. She has vast experience creating partnerships and building relationships with customers to identify needs, problem solve and offer creative solutions. She brings a detailed-oriented mindset along with strategic and organizational skills in seeing projects though from start to finish. Believing strongly in creating open dialog and collaboration with others, Susan helps to bring the vision, mission and principles of the foundation to life. Susan holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Auburn University. She can be reached at Susan@tbgfoundations.org