Sherry Flumerfelt
Sherry Flumerfelt
Overview
Sherry Flumerfelt joined the Trust as the Executive Director in 2014 with more than 20 years of professional experience. As an independent consultant for eight years, she worked for clients including the Environmental Defense Fund, CATCH Alaska, the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, Ecotrust, Point 97, The Nature Conservancy, City of Monterey, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Sherry also spent eight years with the Coral Reef Alliance, an international nonprofit coral reef conservation organization, where she led the organization's Western Pacific programs. Among her accomplishments, she co-designed an innovative catch shares fisheries management proposal for Alaska's halibut charter sector; helped launch the California Fisheries Fund, a $5 million dollar revolving loan fund to support sustainable fisheries; increased the transparency and efficiency of user fee systems at marine protected areas in Fiji, Micronesia, and Papua New Guinea; and raised and managed more than $2 million in grant funding. She sits on the Board of Pacifica's Environmental Family, a nonprofit fiscal sponsor organization. Sherry holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology and International Development from the University of Guelph in Canada.