Presentation for TEDxTAMU

Dr. Shannon Deer and Cheryl Miller present compiled stories of many women they have worked with through their research and housing program. They discuss the unique skills and attributes that make women overcomers incredible. Dr. Shannon Deer is the associate dean for undergraduate programs for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning professor teaching accounting, energy finance, and general business courses. She conducts executive development training for leading companies. Shannon’s research, focused on women’s experiences exiting the sex trade or trafficking situations, has been published in leading, peer-reviewed journals. Along with Cheryl Miller, Shannon coauthored Business Doing Good: Engaging Women and Elevating Communities, featured in People.com, NBC News, Business Insider, Ashton Kutchers’ A Plus Media, and more. The book provides companies a roadmap for effectively hiring women who have overcome challenging pasts of incarceration, addiction, poverty, and engagement in the sex trade. Cheryl Miller owns Quantum Circles Consulting and Training, providing transformative training in several areas: nonprofit leadership, economic development, conflict management, and restorative justice. She previously served for eighteen year as the Executive Director of a successful and innovative nonprofit housing program. Cheryl is a Credentialed Mediator with twenty years and over a thousand hours of mediation experience with victims of violent crimes and their offenders. Cheryl owns two other small businesses – Quantum Circles Press and Miller City Farms. Her overcomer story was featured in People.com and Adam Carolla’s Take a Knee Podcast. Along with Dr. Shannon Deer, Cheryl coauthored Business Doing Good: Engaging Women and Elevating Communities, featured in People.com, NBC News, Business Insider, Ashton Kutchers’ A Plus Media, and more. The book provides companies a roadmap for effectively hiring women who have overcome challenging pasts of incarceration, addiction, poverty, and engagement in the sex trade. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx