Sherry is a professional communications and public policy expert who has directed multi-million dollar statewide campaigns in New York, New Jersey and Texas and has been involved in dozens of Texas political campaigns. Campaigns and Elections Magazine has called her a “respected veteran” of hard-fought elections and in 2005, her alma mater, the Graduate School of Political Management, now at George Washington University in Washington D.C., named her “alumni of the year,” for her accomplishments in the field of professional politics. Early in her career Sherry worked as the Communications Director for U.S. Senate candidate Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman ever nominated for Vice President on a major party ticket. She also worked for David Dinkins, the first African-American to be elected Mayor of New York City. In Texas, she served for over a decade as the spokesperson and a strategic advisor to Texans for Lawsuit Reform, the most successful tort reform organization in the nation. She was a member of the original campaign and transition teams of Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and she managed his 2018 re-election campaign. She served as the Senior Advisor to the Lt. Governor for almost a decade. She is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Sherry is also an award winning journalist who has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows and has published hundreds of pieces of political commentary and policy analysis in newspapers, periodicals and academic journals. She covered politics and public policy for the San Antonio Express-News for several years and was the Chief Political Writer for The Trentonian. Sherry has worked as a policy advocate in Washington D.C. and four state capitols – Austin, Albany, Trenton and Salem – advocating on policy issues including education reform, immigration reform, health care, curriculum reform and criminal justice reform. She has directed corporate advertising campaigns and founded three successful, non-profit organizations.
In addition to her Master’s’ Degree from the Graduate School of Political Management, Sherry holds a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University. She is a native Oklahoman who is descended from founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and is an Associate Member of the Alamo Mission Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She also serves on the State of Texas 1836 Project Advisory Committee. Sherry attends St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. She and her late husband, Col. Stephen F. Ramsey, USAF (Ret.) have nine grandchildren.
