Sherri specializes in content development and strategic management for children's media and public media.

She is Director of the Media Education Lab at Temple University and the media business lecturer on the faculty. Recent projects of the Lab include creation of an digital learning environment for preteen girls called My Pop Studio.  This site uses interactive games and creative activities to strengthen media literacy skills. 

Sherri's commitment to public media is reflected in her more than eighteen years working with public broadcasting and as a media executive. Currently, Sherri serves as a consultant to PBS Kids Sprout and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She is also leading strategic planning efforts for several public television stations as part of CPB's Small Station Strategic Planning Initiative.  Sherri previously served as General Manager of WYBE Public TV in Philadelphia.  She also held a senior executive position with New Jersey Public Broadcasting and provided consulting services to WLIW-TV in New York.

Sherri served on several national panels charged with planning future components of the industry, including the CPB Digital Consultation Panel, the Affinity Group Coalition, and the Legislative Advisory Group for the Association of Public Television Stations. She was the co-creator of the Beta Station Group, representing a select group of public TV stations. Sherri was an invited speaker to the University of Chicago's symposium on the Future of Public Broadcasting and authored a similarly titled article for the journal TV Quarterly. Her production background includes executive producing and producing over 600 hours of public television programming including talk shows, documentaries, town meetings and dramas.

Sherri holds a masters in Public Culture from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research explored the impact of children's television on the social development of girls and their ability to form ethnically-diverse friendships. She is the author of the book, The Television and Video Survival Guide: An Insiders Top Notch Creative and Technical Advice for Your First (or next) Production.

Sherri's enthusiastic style makes her a sought after and entertaining public speaker. She has presented at numerous conferences, including Turn Beauty Inside Out, Strong Women/Strong Girls, United Nations Day in Philadelphia, and the Affirmative Action Association. Sherri has made numerous television appearances and has hosted several television talk shows, including countless hours of public television pledge drives! She was recognized by Women in Communications with a Sarah Award for broadcasting and was featured as the cover story of the Philadelphia Inquirer's Sunday magazine with the headline "Full Spectrum TV".

Sherri currently serves on the board of the Alliance for a Media Literate America, the leading organization nationally dealing with issues of media literacy. She also serves on the board of Women's Way, and as board co-chair for Woodrock Human Relations Organization for Youth. She serves on the Media Literacy committee of Girls, Inc. and is member of the Future of Public Media Initiative at the Center for Social Media. Sherri has volunteered as a counselor with the Birch Family Camp, a camp for children and families affected by AIDS, for the past eleven summers. She resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.