Our Founders
SHERI AND OLIVIA WEST
Mother-daughter duo Sheri and Olivia West co-founded LiveGirl in 2014 with several middle school mentoring groups at Boys & Girls Clubs. Since then, LiveGirl has grown to serve thousands of girls annually from grade 5 through college and has served over 10,000 girls and young women. Sheri and Olivia also co-host the Confident podcast and Olivia serves as the President of the Youth Leadership Council.
“We need more women in leadership and positions of power. Join us and become the confident, kind, inclusive, leader that you are meant to be and that our world needs now.”
Women Leaders: Celebrating the Legacy of the 19th Amendment
We can’t wait to share that our Founder Sheri West is featured in the "Women Leaders: Celebrating the Legacy of the 19th Amendment” series on NCTV79! Host Meredith Bach interviews LiveGirl Founder Sheri West about life, leadership, sisterhood, confidence, and career-readiness for young women. You’ll learn some surprising facts about her including who her role models are!
Congrats to Co-Founder Olivia West! 2020 Top Ten Teen to Watch
CONGRATS TO FOUNDER SHERI WEST! NAMED BEST FRIEND TO GIRLS
Articles
Getting Closer to an Inclusive, Equal World
August 12, 2020
Check out this awesome interview as part of Philanthropy Women’s Feminist Giving IRL series! Sheri shares about how philanthropy can support gender equality; if and how gender identity informs her work; her current greatest professional challenge and more.
GROWING LEADERS- ONE GIRL AT A TIME - LIVEGIRL SPOTLIGHT
April 13, 2020
Sheri dishes with the female-athlete ran empowerment organization on all things LiveGirl!
HELP GIRLS LOVE THEMSELVES
With all of the competing messages today for girls to wear multiple hats, and “do it all” perfectly, they’re under intense pressure. How can we help them believe in themselves? And more importantly, how do we help girls love themselves?
LIVEGIRL BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM IN YOUNG GIRLS
April 28, 2019
Sheri shares about the LiveGirl program and how it’s become so instrumental in shaping the lives of young girls in the Connecticut area.
