Background
Trigg, Shari Jenell was born on September 21, 1957 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Jasper Alphonso and Aurora Lou (Cooke) Trigg.
Trigg, Shari Jenell was born on September 21, 1957 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Jasper Alphonso and Aurora Lou (Cooke) Trigg.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1978.
Assistant manager The Ltd., Chicago, 1978. Advertising assistant Bentley, Barnes & Lynn Advertising, 1978—1979. Account management trainee Leo Burnett Advertising, 1979—1980, WMAQ-television, Chicago, 1980—1988.
Account executive Station Fox 32/WFLD-television, since 1988. Special events committee member, board directors Broadcast Advertising Club, Chicago, since 1981.
Member employer advisory board Project Skil-Disadvantaged Youth Employment Service, Chicago, 1982-1983, chair advisory board, since 1983, president employer auxiliary board, 1982-1986. Co-chairman Friends of the El-Commuter Group, Chicago, 1978. Trustee Lawrence Hall School for Boys, 1985-1986, Lawrence Hall Youth Services, since 1989.
Board directors Delta Research and Educational Foundation, since 1989. Member National Association of Female Executives, Chicago Urban League, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. (member planning committee 75th anniversary celebration, national marketing representative since 1987, national information and communications committee since 1988), NBC Variety Society (committee chairman 1983), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Arts Forum, Urban Gateways, Broadcast Advertising Club Chicago.