Sheryle Gillihan

Sheryle thinks of herself as an idealistic realist holding onto hope for a better, brighter future, but knowing that life is full of challenges and hard decisions. Sheryle Gillihan is committed to her values and purpose-driven work. She is Owner and CEO of CauseLabs, Fort Worth's first certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation. Sheryle is a 2022 Great Women of Texas honoree, a 2017 Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, a nonprofit board member, social enterprise advisor, and speaker on leadership and impact. She uses technology as a force for good and to help organizations scale impact towards equality, education, and access. Sheryle fuses compassion with over 20 years of leadership, operations, and technical management experience. Ranging from military to corporate to nonprofit sectors, her career path was messy, yet destined. A year in the military as an Arabic translator, seven years as a stay-at-home mother and four years in corporate America taught Sheryle to seek purpose and value meaningful work. CauseLabs, a web agency working to solve problems worth solving blends her experience with technology with her passion for giving back. Through her work, she discovered her own poverty story and leaned into her values. Sheryle is the author of The World We Know, a book focused on perspective and empathy to foster more harmonious relationships. She is currently writing Alchemy Ingredients, an AI prompt recipe book.