Sheri McConnell is a bestselling author, inspirational speaker, mother of four, and the CEO of the Smart Women's Institute™, a global company with over 50,000 women subscribers and members. She is known as one of the leaders on and off the Internet today when it comes to creating equitable membership-based businesses. Sheri speaks to worldwide audiences inspiring them with her story of survival and triumph. She was the only child of a mentally ill and often homeless mother and left at age 17 to work her way through two college degrees, eventually building a multiple seven-figure business while raising four children. She is also the author of the Smart Women Book Series™, including Smart Women Create Membership-Based Businesses, The Smart Women's Book of Powerful Quotations, and Smart Women Know Their Why.