Cheryl Shimmin

Biography

Cheryl Shimmin, MBA, retired from Kettering Health in 2022 after serving in various Culinary and Nutrition Care leadership roles spanning over 40 years. Her positions ranged from production/purchasing operations to retail foodservice to the capstone position of Executive Director of Culinary and Nutrition Care. Shimmin is a transformational, servant leader who worked with over 400 employees in 9 facilities and directed a 25-million-dollar budget. 

Although retired, Shimmin remains active in the International Foodservice Manufacturers’ Association (IFMA) Foodservice Council and other professional groups.

Shimmin feels very honored to have received regional and national foodservice/dietetic leadership awards: the 2022 Silver Plate Award for Healthcare from IFMA; the Member Merit Award from the Ohio Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; and the Illuminating Excellence Award from Premier Inc.

Shimmin and her husband, Don, live in Kettering, Ohio, with their daughter Kari. Their son, Kyle, his wife, Sylvia, and their daughter, Sienna, live in a neighboring suburb of Bellbrook.

Community involvement includes work with St. Albert the Great Church, Homefull, March of Dimes, and Kettering Backpack.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, gardening, playing tennis and pickleball, hiking with her two dogs, and most importantly, spending time with family, especially at their Tennessee cabin.

Education

• MBA, University of Dayton, 1989
• BS, Dietetics, Miami University, 1981

Member of the Advisory Council Since

2017