Sherry Grate Bio

As Senior Vice President of Public Impact Investing, Sherry and her team discover, develop, and manage public impact platforms for cultural influence and kingdom impact. The Public Impact team partners with strategic leaders to build better communities for moral, relational, and economic prosperity throughout northeast Indiana. Sherry has worked as an educator in Indiana for over 30 years, serving in rural, suburban, and urban settings before joining the AE team in December 2020. She has diverse leadership experiences, having worked as a classroom teacher, principal, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction (K-12), and superintendent of schools. She is a graduate of Indiana University and holds an M.S. in Education from IUPUI, an education specialist degree, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Ball State University.