Sheryl Murray, from Agar, South Dakota, graduated from Huron College, Huron, South Dakota, with a major in political science. After college, she was commissioned a 2nd Lt in the United States Marine Corps. She was an adjutant/manpower officer with a variety of human-resource positions from the unit level to Headquarters Marine Corps staff level. Sheryl served 34 years active duty and retired as a colonel. Her command tours included series commander, Woman Recruit Training Command, Parris Island, SC; commanding officer, Education Center Company, Quantico, VA; commanding officer, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Parris Island, SC; and commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Forces Pacific. Of note, Sheryl’s staff tours included vice director J1/The Joint Staff, where she was assigned on 9-11. During that assignment, she was the US Delegate to the Women in NATO Committee, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, where she was part of a team that advised other NATO countries on policies to integrate women into their militaries. Sheryl received a Master of Science in Business Administration from Boston University in 1992; and she attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, graduating in 1993. Colonel Murray retired from the Marine Corps in 2006. After retiring from active duty with the Marine Corps, Sheryl was selected for the position of Assistant Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ADC MR&A), HQ Marine Corps and was appointed as a member of the Department of Navy’s Senior Executive Service (SES). She assumed this position in 2007, where she assisted the DC M&RA in the operation and management of the M&RA department—its programs, plans, policies, and studies—ensuring the integration of all of its diverse functions in the accomplishment of the Marine Corps mission. Sheryl retired from that position in 2016, after a total of 44 years’ service to the Nation as a Marine officer and a senior executive, with a focus on people. Sheryl continues that focus on people, now supporting youth nonprofit organizations. She serves as a director on the Young Marines Foundation Board of Directors and on the Young Marines Board of Directors. She also serves as a director on the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Board. Sheryl and her husband, Freddie L. Murray, also a retired Marine, reside in Leesburg, FL. They have two sons and two grandchildren.