Cheryl Woodie first
began working with Experience Corps in 2003 by serving as an
Experience Corps Volunteer at A. P. Giannini Middle School. Cheryl
transitioned to the role of Sunset Volunteer Coordinator in 2005.
With a 25 year background selling high tech capital medical
equipment and as a boiler and machinery insurance marketing
representative, Cheryl graduated from Mills College with a B.A. in
Psychology in 1998 and began a Master's in Social Work at Cal State
University, East Bay in the fall of 2006. Cheryl has volunteered at
Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Garden in San Francisco, the
Indian Women's Healing Center in Oakland, Options for Women Over
40, and the Family Caregiver Alliance in San Francisco. Through a
summer practicum, Cheryl served as a Research Assistant for the
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress at the VA Palo Alto
Health Care System in Menlo Park. Cheryl is a native of New
Orleans, Louisiana.