Dannielle Sherrets
Manager, Institute on Innovation in Workplace Well-being
Dannielle Sherrets is a manager with the National Business Group on Health's Institute on Innovation in Workplace Well-being. Within the Institute, Sherrets has responsibility for the Institute's new focus on diabetes, Board relations, Leadership Summit programming and the promotion of the Wellness Impact ScorecardSM. Her projects include development of the Institute's new toolkit, Childhood Obesity: It's Everyone's Business and ongoing updates to the toolkit, Financial Incentives for Healthy Lifestyles: Who's Doing It, What's Legal and Where's the Evidence? Prior to joining the Institute, Sherrets managed the Business Group's Clinical Preventive Services Initiative in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Sherrets has nine years of experience managing a variety of health and safety projects or programs.
Prior to joining the Business Group, Sherrets managed the Traffic Safety Research & Analysis Department at the AAA National Office. In this position, she provided oversight on the translation of traffic safety research as it relates to association policies and programs and worked to advance AAA's efforts to incorporate public health education and behavior change science into outreach efforts. Sherrets also managed the association's senior mobility initiative, including the development of AAA's senior driver screening tool, Roadwise Review and the management of CarFit, a nationwide community-based program designed in collaboration with AARP and the American Occupational Therapy Association. She has presented often throughout the United States and in the media.
Sherrets holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and a minor in health from The College of Charleston and a master's degree in public health from The George Washington University (GWU). While at GWU, she worked with the Alexandria Health Department on a community-wide needs assessment funded by the CDC.
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