Background
Leigh, Sherren was born on December 22, 1942 in Cleveland. Daughter of Walter Carl Maurushat and Treva Eldora (Burke) Morris.
editor Communications and publishing executive
Leigh, Sherren was born on December 22, 1942 in Cleveland. Daughter of Walter Carl Maurushat and Treva Eldora (Burke) Morris.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio University, 1965.
Communications director, Metal Lath Association, Cleveland, 1965-1967; creative director, O'Toole Inc., Chicago, 1967-1969; senior vice president, RLC Inc., Chicago, 1969-1977; president, Leigh Communications Inc., Chicago, since 1978; chairman, Today's Chicago Woman magazine, since 1982. President Illinois Ambassadors, Chicago, 1985-1986. Board directors Chicago Finance Exchange, 1985-1987.
Board directors Midwest Women's Center, Chicago, 1984-1986, Girl Scouts Chicago, 1985-1987, Black Women's Hall of Fame Foundation, Chicago, since 1986, Apparel Industry Board, Chicago, 1988, Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University. President Today's Chicago Woman Foundation, 1998. Member advisory board Salvation Army, 1998.
Member Chicago Network, Economic Club Chicago, Executives Club Chicago, Committee of 200 (founding member).
Married Norman J. Hickey Junior, August 23, 1969 (divorced 1985).