Luci Sheehan – PRESIDENT – STRATEGIC SALES AND MARKETING INITIATIVES LLC
CO-CHAIR, CHAPTER SYNERGIES COMMITTEE; FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Luci Sheehan has been President of her consulting firm Strategic Sales & Marketing Initiatives since 2009, spearheading clients’ efforts to pioneer new products and ideas by driving results in the sales and marketing functions for CPG and Technology sectors. She spent 8 years with P&G from 1975-1983, advancing from Boston PS&D Sales Representative and District Field Representative to Unit Manager in NY PS&D, Special Assignment in PS&D Sales Merchandising, and Era Brand. She was P&G’s first female District Manager, leading NY PS&D (1981-83). After P&G, she built her career leading sales and marketing functions in consumer products, media, research, technology sectors and consulting.
Luci brings extensive experience with non-profit organizations, having served on multiple boards. Prior to joining the Foundation Board, she was a Foundation grant champion for three grants given to Street Business School (formerly Bead for Life), that supported expansion of business skill training, primarily for poor women from sub-Saharan Africa. She previously served as Chair of the Connecticut (CT) State Service Council for the American Red Cross, doing extensive fundraising for the first US program to train high school student leaders in HIV-AIDS Peer Education. Luci has also served as trustee at her alma mater Simmons University, (BA, History and Management), and chaired their Development Committee. She also created a “Leadership Council” of alumnae business leaders that provided financial support, mentoring program for undergraduate seniors, and connections to funding sources. She currently serves as Honorary Trustee. She also is recipient of the Simmons Alumnae Service Award. Other past board roles include CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse, St. Petersburg, FL), Chair, Boulder Community Health’s Patient-Family Advisory Council, and EFAA (Emergency Family Assistance Association), Boulder, CO, and Network of Executive Women (CPG/Retail Industry). Currently she is board member of WISE (Women Impacting Storebrand Excellence) for the Store Brands industry and continues as a leadership volunteer with Street Business School and Emergency Family Assistance Association. On the P&G Alumni Foundation board Luci serves as co-chair of the Chapter Synergies Committee and member of the Fundraising Committee.