Cheryl is an active board member and CEO of Radiant Leadership LLC, a boutique provider of leadership advisory services. She is also a founder and the Chief Learning & Talent Officer for The R6 Collective, a company providing Fortune 1000 talent capabilities to small and mid-cap businesses. Cheryl was previously CEO of CNEXT, a leadership development and executive networking firm that served Fortune-ranked businesses, which was acquired by SHRM Linkage in 2025.
For more than 30 years Cheryl has helped leaders effectively address challenges in the global business environment, and build the culture, leadership and organizational capabilities required for growth. Before leading CNEXT, Cheryl spent several years as a partner at Heidrick & Struggles, consulting in the leadership, diversity and inclusion, and culture shaping practices. Previous to Heidrick Cheryl spent 18 years at Duke Corporate Education, helping found and then scale the innovative, global executive education business. Cheryl’s diverse career history includes roles as an internal consultant for the Coca-Cola Company, as a Senior Engineer for the Aluminum Company of America, and as an engineering cooperative education employee for the Buick-Olds-Cadillac Division of General Motors.