Sharlene Wilde
Executive Director – NeighborWorks Sun Country Home Solutions
Sharlene Wilde
| Sharlene has served as the Executive Director of NeighborWorks Mountain Country Home Solutions for the past 21 years where she has led the organization from rehabbing one house per year to currently having six housing projects currently under development and/or construction. Under her direction, the organization has built and sold or rented over 300 units with an additional 65 scheduled during the next two years. NeighborWorks also provides housing and financial counseling to approximately 1500 families each year across the State of Utah. Previously, she worked in municipal government for 19 years serving as Finance and Administrative Services Director for South Jordan City, Draper City and Provo City. She has extensive experience in budget administration, policy development, training and staff development, working with community and civic groups, capital project financing and construction. For the past 34 years, she has also served as the contract accountant for the South Utah Valley Solid Waste District in Springville, Utah. Sharlene has led the local group that has established the Southwest Utah Community Land Trust as part of the Housing Action Coalition in Southern Utah. She is on the board of directors of the Utah Housing Coalition, Intermountain Health Care’s Place Based Investment Advisory Council and Afforda. She also serves on the Ivins City Affordable Housing Committee. She has served as Board President of the Mountainland Community Health Center, Chair of the various City Board of Adjustments, board member of Tabitha’s Way Food Pantry Rocky Mountain Community Reinvestment Corporation and Accounting Advisory Board for Utah Valley Community College. She has a master degree in business administration, accounting and finance from the University of Phoenix. She was married for 40 years to her late husband and has 2 children and 5 grandchildren. She currently lives in St. George, Utah but manages both the Orem and St. George office each week. She enjoys traveling, and spending time with family and friends. |
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