Sher currently serves on national, state, and local BPWs in several roles. VP of Downtown Sacramento BPW, President Elect for California, JDEI chair for NFBPWC, Arts & Culture chair for BPWI. She was president of Middletown BPW, NY for two years and member for 11 years.

Besides her BPW roles, Sher volunteers for Women’s Empowerment, training and mentoring unhoused women for job readiness in Sacramento. She also is co-chair for Racial Equity Committee, and Systems Performance committee for Sacramento Steps Forward. She sits on the advisory board for Health Education Council in Sacramento.

For 25 years, Sher served on 13 civic organizations in NY. She was the Cultural Equity president in OC NY. Also, a trustee for Fearless (a domestic violence nonprofit) for 18 years, 6 as president. During her years of public service, Sher has acquired several certifications. For example, she was trained to provide dance therapy to brain trauma and Alzheimer’s communities. Sher’s professional career has included work at the United Nations, in education, public relations, and human services. She has developed and facilitated diversity workshops for decades for non-profits, for-profits, educational institutions, and counties.

Born in Guyana, SA, she experienced a mélange of cultures, and has also lived in several countries. Sher has three grown children, two sons who live in NY and daughter in Sacramento. She has a passion for cultures, languages, and dance. Her most desired wish is to explore alongside others, what makes us unique and what connects us.

Daneene Monroe Rusnak started at Berea BPW Ohio in 2010 and Historian Chair. Daneene has held a variety of positions which included three terms as local President, PR/Social Media Chair, 2nd VP/Membership Chair and Region 2 President. Recipient of Berea BPW Woman of the Year, Legislation, Corresponding Secretary and Social Media, Co-Chair of Website Management, Social Media, and third term as the BPW/OH PAC Chair.

Member of NFBPWC/USA Virtual Chapter 2015 and current President of and social media/Technology, 2017 as NFBPWC/USA PR/Social Media Committee PR Chair from 2018-2020. She is a Business Solutions Specialist/Benefits Advisor with Consultative Business Solutions and lives in Parma, OH with her husband, Jeff, her daughter Maya and son Jerrod.

Monique Lee, née Delaunay, was born in Paris in wartime France. She studied Law at the Sorbonne and English in London, where she met her future husband, architect Aalon Lee. In 1960, they moved to Hong Kong where she began a varied career as a French Teacher, Air France agent, Consular and Trade Commissioner staff, Public Relations representative, and French Interpreter/Translator for the Hong Kong Supreme Court. In 1972, she started her own company and became the Far East purchasing agent for several major European garment companies.

She has travelled extensively throughout Asia, from Pakistan to North Korea, and was one of the first western women to develop international trade with China. In 1979, she co-founded Business & Professional Women (BPW) - Hong Kong, and served as its president for two years.

She retired in 1999 and moved with Aalon to London, where she ran the BPW Network London for twelve years. In 2012, they moved to San Jose, California, where she now lives close to her two sons, Pascal, a NASA space scientist, Marco, a neurosurgery professor at Stanford, and her two wonderful grandsons.

Susan E. Oser is a member of the NFBPWC Michigan Affiliate. She currently works as an online ESL teacher and materials development writer for Carrot Global Solutions which is based in Seoul, South Korea. She has been working with the company for a little over 10 years.

Susan also writes for Patheos.com. Her Bio and link can be found here: Susan Oser

She is a very active member in BPW where she is the current Health Committee Chair and LGBTW+ liaison at the national level and Vice President of membership at the state level. In addition, she is the current editor of the Monday Minute which is a BPW/Michigan Legacy Federation bi-monthly newsletter. Here she currently serves as the Program chair as well as other capacities.

Susan is also a facilitator for Scrambled Eggs, and affiliate group with Transgender Michigan. This group is a trans ally/transgender support group where all are welcome to connect to resources, ask questions, and network. It is one of the ways she supports her partner.

When Susan does not have a lot of things going on, she likes to be creative with decorating, pen-palling and anything where she can make something.
Her personal motto: Work hard, have fun, and embrace your authentic self.
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