Cynthia Scherr, Principal of Scherr Management Consulting, grew up just 35 miles from the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. By the time she graduated from high school, she had experienced the entire Shakespearean canon. She values live theatre as a reflection of the range of human experiences that entertain, enlighten and develop empathy for each other.
As a management consultant, Cynthia leads inspiring, practical strategic planning processes, and leadership development programs for organizations with complex challenges. Cynthia provides executive coaching for business leaders, helping them identify their learning edge and advance toward their goals. She chairs a CEO peer group she founded 20 years ago and a peer group for women executives.
A strong advocate for entrepreneurs and economic development in Southern Oregon, Cynthia co-founded Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur (E2E) to encourage shared best practices and networking for entrepreneurs working to scale their businesses. She produces and hosts a segment called The Ground Floor on Southern Oregon’s public radio station, JPR, that features entrepreneurs from Roseburg to Redding.
Cynthia holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a BA from Oberlin College. Cynthia received a post-graduate fellowship to teach and study in Southern India for a year and speaks enough Tamil to buy vegetables at the market.
Cynthia’s governance experience includes serving on the Audit Committee and Ignite Leadership Council as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Pacific School of Religion (9 year term); President of the Southern Oregon University Foundation Board (10 years); Board Member of the Sustainable Valley Technology Group (5 years). She has enjoyed service on the corporate boards of People’s Bank of Commerce (5 years) and Wholesale Solar (2 years). Cynthia is a member of Stanford Women on Boards.
In her free time, she enjoys trail running, singing with the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers and exploring the world with her family. She also feels peculiar writing about herself in the third person.