"Sheri has helped me make a big shift in my career and finances. When we started working together, I was underearning and in an overwhelming amount of debt, which was only getting deeper. I felt hopeless that I would ever get out from under it, let alone be able to retire with some money in the bank.

The past year has been the biggest change. Two years ago, the debt paralyzed me so badly that I couldn’t even say or write the number of the amount I owed. With Sheri’s encouragement and example, and with the counsel of a financial advisor, I am finally facing my fears around my finances.

After carrying the debt for almost 20 years, I am on a seven-year track to have it paid off in full. I learned from Sheri that it’s never too late to start. If all goes well, I will be 60 when I finish paying my student loans. I can’t believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Seeing Sheri owning a home, financially secure and able to retire if she desired, and sharing with me that her path to retirement was not a straight one, has inspired me.

In the time that we have been working together, I have moved from doing something that I hated—litigation—to having a career in something for which I have a real passion. I went from closing my law firm in 2008 when the economy collapsed to having a C-level position doing something I love and am good at.

Sheri’s support and example have propped me up and opened my mind to being a successful woman in the corporate environment. Having another woman to talk to about the day-to-day struggles I go through working as the only woman on my executive team has been so important. I would not be where am without Sheri’s support and guidance.