Sheila Richardson

Sheila is the Vice President/CFO of Aspen Communications, LLC. and responsible for directing all financial and marketing operations. Sheila has two years experience in the field of electronics and over eight years in retail marketing. She began her technical training while serving in the United States Marine Corps, completing Basic Electronics and Training Devices Courses in installation, maintenance and repair. She left the Marine Corps in 1969 to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree from the college of Secondary Education in History and English at Arizona State University. From 1969 to 1976, she worked for Fed Mart, beginning as a cashier and leaving the company as Administrative Manager. She then took the position of manager of The Bank Store in Phoenix, Arizona migrating to Salt River Project and San Diego Gas and Electric as Customer Service Representative before becoming a full-time mother and homemaker. While her children attended school, Sheila served on school boards, PTO boards and as a classroom teacher.

With the youngest child entering high school, Sheila, in concert with the vision to form Aspen Communications, enthusiastically embraced the idea of reentering the private business community. With her technical background and experience in retail marketing, Sheila brings invaluable advantage to this venture. Concurrently, with the development of a quality and excellence perspective at Aspen Communications, Sheila developed a relationship with Arizona Quality Alliance. Sheila has presented on quality in business for several Arizona groups and is a Lead Examiner for AQA.

Sheila’s outside interests include the study of the martial arts (she holds a 1st degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do), and is a lifetime student of philosophy and religion. Service to the community has been an important aspect of her commitment in life and is a certified hospice counselor. She is an ordained minister and has authored two books.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Aviation Electronic Technician School from USMC
• B.A. in English and History from Arizona State University
• Graduate Accounting and Statistics from Northern Arizona University
• Vodavi Communications Systems Certification
• PhoneBiz Certified Administrator