Sharon Douglas is the CEO Emerita and former Board Secretary of the Anne Frank Center USA. A philanthropist and former educator, she has served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the American Jewish Congress, the National Council of Jewish Women (Executive Board) and other organizations. She was a member of US Senator Kristin Gillibrand’s Small Business Working Group. In 1999 she was a member of the delegation to the UN for the Anne Frank Declaration of Peace in the New Millennium. She attended Miep Gies’ 100th birthday at the UK Parliament as well as receptions for the Anne Frank Trust at 11 Downing Street with John Osborne and 10 Downing Street hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha. On Anne Frank’s 90th birthday on June 12, 2019 she planted an Anne Frank Sapling on the grounds of the United Nations. She and her husband were co-winners of the 2016 Spirit of Anne Frank Distinguished Advocates Award. She holds a BA in Education from Mills College of Education with graduate study at Queens College and St. John’s University.