Sharon C. Allen
Sharon C. Allen is the executive director for the Neurocritical Care Society, which is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. She provides management oversight to a society of 2700 members, has P&L responsibility and oversees board governance. Her other duties include strategic planning, operations, fundraising and clients relations. She is ultimately accountable for the overall success of the organization. For the past 21 years, Sharon has been a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia College of Missouri where she teaches a variety of junior and senior-level marketing and management courses.
Sharon has more than 27 years of marketing, operations and business development experience, nine as an employee of Baxter International, where she gained a great deal of international exposure through her frequent travels abroad. Coupled with her experience at the American Hospital Association (AHA), that includes consulting on health equity and advising hospitals on diversity and inclusion best practices, Sharon has a passion for helping to improve the lives of patients from all backgrounds. During her seven years at Resolutions Inc., which she founded in 1999, Sharon helped her clients successfully launch more than 500 new products that generated over $20 million in revenue.
Sharon is very passionate about her community. She is the vice president and connections committee chair of the Lambda Nu Omega Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She serves as Precinct Committeeman (#164), and is also a member of the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE), Association Forum and the Chicago Chapter of the United Nations Association. She is a board member of the Round Lake Education Foundation, the Lake County Association for Minority Contractors and the Lake County Black Chamber of Commerce.
Sharon is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Jackson State University with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Roosevelt University. Sharon recently debuted her poetry book entitled, Pleasure Poetry, (2017) and has a blog focused on food, politics, and lifestyle. She is releasing her second poetry and prose book in the fall of 2019.
Sharon is the divorced mother of 24-year-old daughter, Imani, a graduate of Round Lake Senior High School and Columbia College of Chicago. Sharon’s hobbies include studying politics, creative writing, sports and exercising. With her competitive edge, Sharon has placed first in several charity 5K races within the counties of Lake and Cook over the last few years. Sharon worships at S.T.U.D.Y.S. Ministries in Lindenhurst, Illinois.
Sharon C. Allen is the executive director for the Neurocritical Care Society, which is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. She provides management oversight to a society of 2700 members, has P&L responsibility and oversees board governance. Her other duties include strategic planning, operations, fundraising and clients relations. She is ultimately accountable for the overall success of the organization. For the past 21 years, Sharon has been a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia College of Missouri where she teaches a variety of junior and senior-level marketing and management courses.
Sharon has more than 27 years of marketing, operations and business development experience, nine as an employee of Baxter International, where she gained a great deal of international exposure through her frequent travels abroad. Coupled with her experience at the American Hospital Association (AHA), that includes consulting on health equity and advising hospitals on diversity and inclusion best practices, Sharon has a passion for helping to improve the lives of patients from all backgrounds. During her seven years at Resolutions Inc., which she founded in 1999, Sharon helped her clients successfully launch more than 500 new products that generated over $20 million in revenue.
Sharon is very passionate about her community. She is the vice president and connections committee chair of the Lambda Nu Omega Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She serves as Precinct Committeeman (#164), and is also a member of the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE), Association Forum and the Chicago Chapter of the United Nations Association. She is a board member of the Round Lake Education Foundation, the Lake County Association for Minority Contractors and the Lake County Black Chamber of Commerce.
Sharon is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Jackson State University with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Roosevelt University. Sharon recently debuted her poetry book entitled, Pleasure Poetry, (2017) and has a blog focused on food, politics, and lifestyle. She is releasing her second poetry and prose book in the fall of 2019.
Sharon is the divorced mother of 24-year-old daughter, Imani, a graduate of Round Lake Senior High School and Columbia College of Chicago. Sharon’s hobbies include studying politics, creative writing, sports and exercising. With her competitive edge, Sharon has placed first in several charity 5K races within the counties of Lake and Cook over the last few years. Sharon worships at S.T.U.D.Y.S. Ministries in Lindenhurst, Illinois.