w e d n e s day
December 2 nd
2015
Ho n o r i ng Vi s i o n
national building museum
& maKing
DREAMS take flight
chaired by
founding partners
JerRy CaRlson Managing Partner Washington Metro Area
presente d
by
Capital One & KPMG
honored
l au r e at e
2015
Sheila Johnson CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts and Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment As CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, a hospitality company she founded in 2005, Sheila oversees a growing portfolio of luxury properties, including three Florida golf and family resorts reaching from the Gulf to the Atlantic — Innisbrook Resort in Tampa Bay, Reunion Resort in Orlando, Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, and Salamander Resort & Spa. As Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Sheila is the only African-American woman to have ownership in three professional sports teams: Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, and Washington Mystics, for which she serves as President and Managing Partner. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the United States Golf Association. Sheila is a partner in ProJet Aviation, a comprehensive aviation service company. She is also a partner in Mistral, the makers of fine bath, body, and home products; and has launched her own collection of luxury scarves. A founding partner of Black Entertainment Television, Sheila has served as executive producer of four documentary films, including Kicking It, A Powerful Noise, She Is the Matador, and The Other City. She also helped finance the feature film The Butler. A fervent supporter of education and the arts, she serves on the Board of Governors of Parsons The New School for Design in New York, and is a member of the Leadership Council at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. She is also a board member of the ANNIKA Foundation, as well as founder and chair of the Middleburg Film Festival. Sheila also served as a board member on the Sundance Institute, a global ambassador for CARE and as a member of Accordia Global Health Foundation’s International Council. She lives in Middleburg, Virginia, is married to the Honorable William T. Newman, Jr., and has two children.
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