Who is Marilyn Sherman
Speaker Biography
Speaker Biography
Marilyn started her corporate experience with Chrysler First Financial Services. As an in-house trainer, she was responsible for writing, producing, and presenting training programs to 2400 employees across the United States. Marilyn trained all levels of the corporation from new hires, to senior executives. She specialized in communication classes and building effective teams. When Chrysler First was acquired by NationsBank, Marilyn was an instrumental member of the transition team. She put her many years of experience as a Team Building trainer to help the individuals of both companies quickly meld into one team.
Marilyn left NationsBank to become a full time seminars leader for one of the nations top seminar companies. She quickly became one of their most sought after speakers for on-site clients. For five years in a row, Marilyn had the highest rate of repeat business from attendees and scored in the top 3% of evaluations.
Marilyn now owns UpFront Presentations, speaking to corporations, associations, and universities around the country. Her clients include executives and salespeople for McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Club Managers Association of America, Sodexho, Sysco, F.D.I.C., First Premier Bank, and many, many more. Meeting planners love Marilyn because clients ask her to return again and again. Plus, they say Marilyn is “Refreshingly easy to work with”. Audiences leave her presentations inspired to take immediate action on what they have learned; and every one has a good time listening to this inspiring, entertaining, motivator with a message.
Marilyn is the author of three motivational books entitled “Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?”, “Why Settle for the Balcony? How to get a Front Row Seat in Life” and “My Ticket to the Front-Row”. Marilyn is a graduate of Washington State University and an 11 year member of the National Speakers Association. She has served on boards for local chapters and recently served on a national level as the chair of a committee serving all motivational and keynote speakers. Marilyn lives in Las Vegas, Nevada to take advantage of the many conventions and conferences held there annually.




