Sherry Carr
District II
(206) 252-0040
sherry.carr@seattleschools.org

Sherry Carr is a longtime education advocate and immediate past President of the Seattle Council PTSA, a 12,000-member all volunteer organization dedicated to supporting the 46,000 students in Seattle Public Schools. She began her education service as a parent at Daniel Bagley Elementary, which her daughters attended. While PTA President, Sherry was part of a parent-led initiative to revitalize Bagley. This effort reversed the school's downward enrollment spiral and created a flourishing neighborhood school community of over 330 students (up from 150).

She served as a board member for the Alliance for Education and for Schools First and was a co-chair of the most recent Schools First Levy Campaign, which raised $887 million in funding for Seattle Public Schools. Sherry was selected by Superintendent Manhas as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for Investing in Educational Excellence, commissioned to issue sweeping reform recommendations for Seattle Public Schools aimed at achieving academic excellence and establishing fiscal sustainability.

A senior Finance Leader at the Boeing Company, Sherry has led numerous finance and operations initiatives during her 20-year career with the company. Her areas of expertise are financial analysis and cost management, implementing accountability systems, and building high performing, collaborative work teams. Sherry was part of the team that addressed the financial impacts on the 767 Program after 9/11, and is a team leader on the development of the new 787.

Sherry has been a board member for Pacifica Children's Choir, and has volunteered for the Seattle Children's Theater and the Washington State Special Olympics.

Sherry received her BA from the University of Washington and her MBA from Seattle University. She lives with her husband and two daughters in the Green Lake neighborhood.