About Sharon Gerber

Sharon Gerber is the President and Founder of Six Degreez, Inc. and utilizes her long history of successful involvement in her community to make a difference within the Sacramento region. She is the premier provider of “Connections to People, Places and Ideas” and is known for creating some of the most whimsical, and profitable, events in Sacramento such as Suits & Slippers, Housing with a Twist, Hungry for Life, Celebrating Mothers Tea Party, and the Inauguration of Mayor Kevin Johnson, just to name a few.

For sixteen years prior, Sharon worked for Wells Fargo as a top performing Store Manager in the Bay Area and later as their Community Development Manager for the Central Valley, New Mexico and Northern California markets.

Community involvement remains a high priority for Sharon, who currently serves on the board of Positive Coaching Alliance and is a member of Rotary Sacramento. Previously, Sharon served on the Boardlink Advisory Council for the Nonprofit Resource Center and created and chaired the very successful “Look of Success” celebrity fashion show which generated $300,000 in profits over 4 years. Sharon has also served on several other boards: KVIE, Families First (created and chaired their first Valentine’s Ball in 1998, raising $60,000), the Sacramento Urban League, Jewish Civic Action Network, Transitional Living & Community Support (chaired their annual Comedy Night, raising $100,000 in 3 years), SMUD’s Business Advisory Council, the Financial Abuse Assistance Network (Co-Founder) and Congregation B’nai Israel to name a few. While President of NCRC, Sharon lead the effort to create the Sacramento Predevelopment Loan Fund and EnterFund, a regional micro lending program. Sharon  can be seen frequently as one of the on air talents for KVIE.

In June 2009, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson launched The Mayor's Initiative "For Arts Sake" and appointed Sharon as his liaison to the arts community.

Sharon is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and lives in Sacramento with her husband, Rob and her daughter, Rebekah.