Sharon G. Hadary
Principal
Sharon Hadary & Co.
Founding and former executive director,
Center for Women’s Business Research
As the former and founding executive director of the Center for Women’s Business Research, Dr. Sharon Hadary has been a leader in creating social change for women for over two decades. At the Center for Women’s Business Research, the premier non-profit research institute devoted to studying women's entrepreneurship, she harnessed the transformational impact of data and altered forever the landscape for women business owners in access to
capital, markets, expertise, and networks.
Sharon Hadary has been a corporate executive, a researcher, a consultant, a teacher and an entrepreneur. When it comes to women’s entrepreneurial and corporate leadership, she knows the people as well as the data.
Today, as Principal of Sharon Hadary & Co, she is teaching, writing, and speaking nationally on the subject of women’s leadership while working on her new book, The Catapult Principle, Critical Success Factors for the New World of Women’s Leadership.
Her article on “What’s Holding Back Women Entrepreneurs” was the lead story in The Wall Street Journal’s May 2010 Small Business Report. Her recent articles on women’s business leadership and decision-making styles have appeared in Enterprising Women Magazine, MBE Magazine and 270inc, and she is widely quoted on the subject in the media.
Dr. Hadary is a life-long educator and mentor. She created the first leadership institute specifically for women leading established businesses and led a three-year initiative to focus on women business owners of diverse races developing and implementing actions plans to address their specific issues.
Currently she is an adjunct professor in the doctoral program at University of Maryland University College teaching leadership.
She has received multiple awards for her work on behalf of women entrepreneurs.
BOARD SERVICE
- Associate Trustee, Memorial Union Building Association, University of
Wisconsin
- KeyBank Key4Women Leadership Council
- Enterprising Women Magazine Advisory Board
- Office Depot Women’s Advisory Board
- KeyBank Women’s Advisory Board
- Wells Fargo Women’s Advisory Board
- Carlson Companies Women’s Advisory Board
- Women’s Leadership Exchange Advisory Board
- Board of Visitors, University of Maryland University College
SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Women Presidents’ Organization Adrienne Hall Award for Breaking Down Barriers
- Enterprising Women Legacy Award
- Euro-American Women's Council's Leadership Award, Athens,
Greece, in recognition of Center for Women's Business Research's
impact worldwide.
- Applause Award, Women's Business Enterprise National Council
- Enterprising Women Hall of Fame for dedication and leadership in
opening doors of opportunity for women entrepreneurs.
- Featured in “The New Power Brokers,” Centerpiece Magazine, School of Business, The George Washington University
- Board of Directors Award, Center for Women’s Business Research
