Meet Our President - Sharon Parker

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Sharon Parker is a native of Calvert County, Maryland and loves working with the next generation and professionals to empower them to tap into their leadership skills and Project Manager skills.  Sharon is known as a "Leading Within Strategist" and share her initiative called “Leading Within Through Project Management, #LWTPM" on numerous professional platforms.

Sharon is an author of the book called "True Synergy Works, Leading Within…Seven Defining Principles of Knowing Self to Birth Greatness"., which was written in 2017. Feel free to go to www.leadingwithin.org and/or www.themakingofu.com to learn more about Sharon’s Civil Rights Baby Story.  Sharon was 5 years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was Assassinated.  Her Parker Family Legacy was featured on WUSA Channel 9, on December 10, 2020.

Sharon is a community servant/activist and serve as the Vice President for the “Maryland's Association of American Mothers, Inc., (MD-AMI)” and President for the “Remembering Our Ancestors Synergistic Association (ROASA), Inc.”, organization. Sharon is the former President for the HUD Robert C. Weaver - Blacks in Government (BIG) chapter and former Commissioner of the Maryland Commission of African American History and Cultures. 

Sharon and her Leading Within Executive Project Manager team has hosted  9 Annual ROASA's Leading Within conferences in the DMV and implemented.  Sharon presented several Professional workshops, including presenting at the 2018, 2019, and 2022 BIG National Training Institute in New Orleans,  Dallas TX, and Ohio.

Sharon loves Building True Synergy (Lasting Professional Connections) in her community and loves inspiring all to tap into their greatness by knowing self and knowing their history.  Most importantly,  Sharon loves connecting the Next Generation with caring, committed professional in all industries, with hopes of them building "True Synergy" for the benefit of young people succeeding in the professional endeavors".