Sheila D. Beuerlein, MBA

Consultant - Independent

Sheila Beuerlein brings over sixteen years of experience in the fields of marketing, engineering and business consulting.

Ms. Beuerlein served as Director of Marketing for a Fortune-100 medical products company. Her responsibilities included P&L management, new product launches, strategic and image marketing, advertising, medical education, thought leader cultivation and public relations. Her brand management experience across many product lines has provided her in-depth exposure to marketing in all phases of the product life cycle.

In addition, Ms. Beuerlein brings significant experience with entrepreneurial ventures. She was the co-founder of a business that developed and launched a consumer magazine focusing on the areas of plastic surgery, dermatology and cosmetic dentistry. She has also served as a consultant in marketing and developing business plans for early-stage medical products companies.

Continuing her work with entrepreneurial companies, she currently is on the Advisory Board of Texas Women Ventures Fund. The fund invests in women-owned companies in the Southwest, which have an established track record of $7 to $70 million in revenues.

Ms. Beuerlein is a member of the Foundation Board of Trustees at Children's Medical Center; co-founder of the Children's Trust, a 500-member philanthropic group dedicated to funding critical needs areas at Children's Medical Center; past chair of The Children's Council; and a member of the Advisory Board at the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas.

Ms. Beuerlein has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University. She began her career as a senior engineer at General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin). There she was an aerodynamicist on several classified research programs for the design of advanced military aircraft.