Sherisse M. Butler is City Year Detroit’s senior vice president and executive director. City Year provides workforce and leadership development training to over 100 young adults who serve as student success coaches to AmeriCorps members in 14 Detroit schools. City Year continues to increase its impact in serving the most underserved students of Detroit. Under her leadership, over 80% of students are showing improvement in Math and ELA. City Year is one of the most impactful organizations in Detroit helping students to get back on track and graduate from high school on time.
But her commitment to her hometown of Detroit extends far beyond her professional role. Previously, she served as senior director of government and community affairs for Detroit Public Schools Community District where she led the District legislative engagement efforts in Lansing. She has also worked in Community Relations for the Detroit Land Bank Authority where she found a passion for neighborhood revitalization. She has also expanded her life’s mission to Detroit’s children having served as Youth Pastor at St. Paul AME Church, Board of Directors for Teen HYPE Youth Development, and the Detroit Promise Zone Authority.
Having received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Columbia University in New York City, she decided to move back home in 2015 to be a part of the change that she wanted to see.
