Sharon has spent most of her career in the Planned Giving field and is passionate about building meaningful donor relationships and championing Planned Giving within larger development operations. She is the Senior Director of Planned Giving at International Rescue Committee, overseeing the growth of donor advised funds revenue, planned giving donor marketing and stewardship, professional advisor engagement and estate administration.
 
Sharon began her development work in higher education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Western Maryland College. She spent many years at the American Heart Association where she led principal, planned and major gifts efforts for NYC and Eastern US and was responsible for raising revenue for the organization's first social impact fund.  While leader of Charitable Estate Planning in the Tri-State area, Sharon facilitated new national marketing approaches including one of the largest professional advisor conferences in the country and was a leader of the AHA’s National Planned Giving Marketing Committee.
 
Sharon currently serves on the Board of the Philanthropic Planning Group of New York and previously served on the Board of the Charitable Gift Planners of CT.