Cherie Sorokin – Consultant

Cheryl Sorokin consults on board governance issues, with emphasis on governance issues of nonprofit boards. Past clients include a major bank, several large arts organizations, and business and professional organization and a number of individuals serving on nonprofit boards. Ms. Sorokin has both written and spoken on the topic of governance for nonprofits. She is currently one of the Executive Editors managing the revision of the text Nonprofit Governance and Management published by the American Bar Association (expected publication: Spring of 2010) and The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. She is also one of the two principal writers for this text. She led and co-authored the revision of Governance for Nonprofits: From Little Leagues to Big Universities published by the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals in 2007.

Ms. Sorokin is the former Group Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Bank of America, and was the first woman to hold this position at the bank. She holds both a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a master’s degree in education from Indiana University, and a doctor of jurisprudence from Northwestern University Law School. She is a member of the California Bar Association, the American Association of University Women, and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals (Society). Ms. Sorokin is the former Chair of the Corporate Practices Committee of the Society. She also served as a director of the Society from 1991 to 1994 and is the recipient of the Bracebridge Young Award, the Society's highest honor, given for extraordinary contributions to the Society and the governance profession. Ms. Sorokin is a director of Hispanic Connections, a member of the board of trustees of the American Conservatory Theater and a member of the Advisory Council of Pocket Opera. She also manages real estate and other investments for the Sorokin Family Trust.