WVOVPMI January 2025 - Monthly Member Meeting

SHERRY L. ADAMS

MBA, PMP

Sherry L. Adams began her USACE career in 1985 while attending Marshall University where she graduated in 1988 with a Bachelors in Business Management (BBA). She continued her permanent career with the Huntington District in 1988. Sherry was awarded a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1993. She continued in Human Resources for 10 years before moving into Project Management and Customer Outreach. Sherry has recently moved the USACE Headquarters and the Chief Information Office/G-6 organization. Her current position is the Enterprise Data Warehouse Project Manager. Sherry was previously assigned to the Planning, Programs, and Project Management Division, in the Huntington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1996 until 2020. Her expertise in Program, Project Management, and Earned Value Management has provided her an opportunity to support USACE, HQ working with the Department of Veterans Affairs Program and the Civil Works Emergency Supplemental Program leading the implementation of Earned Value Management throughout the nation. Sherry has been the International and Interagency Support Program Manager, for the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Program Manager for the Y-12, Uranium Processing Facility, in Oak Ridge, TN, and also served as the National Earned Value Management (EVM) Project Manager. As the National PM for the EVM initiative she led a team evaluating the benefits of implementing EVM within the USACE.

Sherry has been with the USACE for over 37 years working in several disciplines i.e., project manager, financial analyst, customer outreach coordinator, and human resources specialist. She holds a Project Management Professional Certificate (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI) and a member of PMI. She became the PMI Education Foundation (PMIEF) Chapter Liaison in 2017. She had held the position of Director at Large with the West Virginia/Ohio Valley PMI Chapter. She attended the Region 5 Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM) in February 2020. In the past few years Sherry Adams has presented numerous workshops and training courses on Project Management and Earned Value Management. She presented at the EVM World 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale in May 2018 and at the EVM Practitioners; Forum in Washington, DC in August 2018.

Sherry and her husband reside in Huntington, WV. She is a member of the Harmony Baptist Church, where she supports the nursery and the treasurer for the Ladies Auxiliary. Hobbies include reading and traveling and enjoying her children and grandchildren.