MARYA SHERER NIELANDER
Mrs. Sherer Nielander is a seasoned executive with over 25 years’ experience in sales and marketing. Marya began her career at AST Research, where she managed accounts for the US Departments of Justice, Education, Energy, Corps of Engineers, and the Government of Israel. Following that, she became a US Western Regional Retail /Distribution Sales and Marketing Manager with both US Robotics/3Com. She continued in this role for Microsoft where she managed relationships, marketing programs and budgets, as well as hardware and software resale products into companies such as Costco Warehouses, Sam's Clubs, Amazon, Apple, and the Home Shopping Network. Since leaving the computer industry, Marya’s world has come full circle.
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Marya has transitioned to facilitating global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and disaster risk programs, once again working with governments and drawing on her background in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Cross-Cultural Management. Driven by her passion for cultural understanding, she lectures and educates on the critical role of cross-cultural competence in multi-stakeholder initiatives. Her work supports greater representation, collaboration, and mutual understanding between donor and recipient countries. She also oversees business development, protocol training, and the GP3 Internship Program, designed to inspire and provide international project experience to the next generation of global legal thinkers.