Sharon Whiteley

Sharon Whiteley is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, manufacturer, author and speaker with a talent for recognizing emerging consumer trends and a proven track record engaging people on an emotional and actionable level. She is the Founder and CEO of TRU47 an innovative lifestyle wellness company focused on natural, safe, and toxic free antimicrobial products embedded or imbued with pure silver and other noble elements that support people's well-being. She also co-founded a new grounding footwear company, Harmony783, and was CEO through to the Fall of 2021. Preceding these ventures, Sharon was CEO of Listen Brands, an innovative company that created, manufactured, and marketed leading-edge products that enhanced the lives of people through Grounding, also called Earthing. The Company's flagship fashionable grounding footwear line, under the brand name pluggz, flourished for a decade before being successfully acquired, and was her inspiration for Harmony783. A longtime mentor to entrepreneurs, Sharon was a founding partner in 8Wings Ventures, a private equity group focused on early stage enterprises. She is a current member and former Board Director of The Committee of 200 (C200), an international organization of preeminent women business leaders and the World President's Organization (YPO/WPO); an advisor to the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship (CUE) and a founding member of the Belizean Grove. Sharon also held the position of Chair of the advisory board at the National Center on Women & Aging at Brandeis University and is a former Board Director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Her book co-authored with Dr. Ann Maire Chiasson - Barefoot Wisdom: Better Health through Grounding (Schiffer Publishing) is in bookstores nationwide, online, and available in audio; now in its second printing. Her latest book, Silver Nuggets, about the history and current day attributes of silver and other natural elements slated for publication in early 2022.