Sherri Snelling, guest contributor to Caring.com
Sherri Snelling, CEO and founder of the Caregiving Club and author of A Cast of Caregivers "“ Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care (Balboa Press, Feb, 2013) is a nationally recognized expert on America's 65 million family caregivers with special emphasis on how to help caregivers balance self-care while caring for a loved one. She is the former Chairman of the National Alliance for Caregiving based in Washington, D.C. and directed caregiver initiatives at a leading health and wellness company.
As contributing editor and blogger on caregiving for Next Avenue (the PBS web site for baby boomers), ThirdAge, Huffington Post, Alzheimer's Association, ShareCare, Caring.com and others, Sherri has also been interviewed on CBS Evening News, ABC World Evening News, MSNBC, Fox Business Network, CNN, and in the New York Times, USA Today, PARADE, Prevention, AARP Bulletin and WebMD. She is creator, executive producer and host of a caregiver self-help reality cable TV program, Handle With Care, and the Me Time Mondayâ„ weekly videos in support of Caregivers' Monday. She also interviews celebrities about caregiving at red carpet events in Hollywood and New York City.
Sherri has participated on various caregiving advisory councils: White House Middle Class Task Force, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Alzheimer's Association. She is a frequent speaker on caregiving and boomer women self-care topics and is represented by the internationally prestigious American Program Bureau. She has received numerous awards throughout her career and for her programs including the U.S. Department of Justice and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Award, American Society on Aging "“ Aging & Business Award and a National Women in Communications Award. Sherri holds a B.A. in journalism and political science from the University of Southern California and resides in Newport Beach, California.