Sharon Roberson

President & CEO

Sharon K. Roberson, Esq. is a seasoned C – Suite executive with 30+ years of experience in the corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors. She’s served as President and CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee since 2016. In that time, she’s broadened the agency's services by expanding the Weaver Domestic Violence Center, creating a children’s program at shelter, and opening the largest DV pet shelter in Tennessee. She’s overseen the expansion of all school-based and adult education programming. Sharon’s renewed the agency’s focus on racial justice, implementing a dedicated social justice program, which has led to several new laws in Tennessee. During her tenure, the YWCA has also received the largest single donation in its 125-year history. Sharon has been recognized with numerous awards and in 2018, she and the organization were selected Person/Organization of the Year by the Tennessean newspaper. Sharon earned her undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt University.

Welcome To Washington D.C.

National Conference isn’t about YWCA USA, it’s about our broad network of local YWCA associations that implement the work at the local level for women, families, and people of color every day. It’s a time for our Local Associations to share, as a community of learning, and to walk away inspired by each other and the work of the YWCA family. It is a time for the YWCA movement, united as One YWCA, to share and celebrate our history, our mission and impact, planning for the work ahead, and continuing to write our YWCA story.