Sherman has held numerous top leadership roles in the Detroit’s Jewish Federation, including Women’s Department campaign chair and president, first woman chair of the general campaign, and vice president of the Federation. She was a member of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency, chaired the Israel Department, Youth Aliyah and Allocations and she was the first chair of Project Renewal.

Sherman and her husband Larry have led over fifty missions to Israel. She also co-chaired and professionally ran Detroit’s first two Miracle Missions. Sherman was a chair of the Max M and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, board member and campaign chair of the Birthright Israel Foundation, and served on the boards of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Music Festival and School.

Sherman has won numerous awards including Federation’s Fred M. Butzel Award. She is a recipient of the Herb Garon Young Leadership Award, Israel Bonds Leadership Award, Sylvia Simon Greenberg Young Leadership Award as well as having been made an honorary citizen of Ramle, Israel.

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