Sharon Miracle

Sharon Miracle has 30+ years in non-profit leadership as a CEO, executive director, vice president, and director for healthcare, higher education, and philanthropic organizations ranging in size from 2-4,500 employees and revenues from $350,000 to $4 billion annually. She also brought considerable experience working with the government and private sector when recruited in 2018 to her current role as President and CEO of Yakima Valley Community Foundation. Before the Foundation, Sharon directed communications and social responsibility for a large agricultural cooperative with global distribution.

Earlier in her career, she was a licensed investment advisor and directly out of college wrote proposals, negotiated contracts, and monitored and reported deliverables on research projects related to atmospheric sciences, technology, and artificial intelligence for one of our nation’s national laboratories and was assigned to the Department of Energy. Sharon holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing Management from Central Washington University and completed extensive graduate work in communication and leadership while pursuing her M.A. from Gonzaga University. She currently serves as board chair for the first Washington Green Bank, is an active Rotarian, and is proud of her community service as a volunteer board member for countless organizations in Wyoming, Colorado, and Washington over her career.