Sherri Williams is a Partner at The Raine Group, where she is Head of Investor Relations and Fundraising. Raine is a TMT merchant bank know for its work in the sports, media and entertainment sectors. The firm has approximately $4bn of AUM. Previously, she was a Principal at Montgomery & Co., a West Coast digital media and technology investment bank, where she was a senior member of the private placements team in the firm’s New York office. Prior to Montgomery, Sherri was an Executive Director at JPMorgan and a senior member of the New York equity private placements team. From 2001 to 2006, Sherri was a Vice President at Rothschild in the private placement group. Prior to Rothschild, Sherri was an Associate and Vice President at Credit Suisse First Boston in the private finance and consumer products groups.
Sherri has a B.S. in International Economics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. While at Georgetown, Sherri was on the Division I women’s tennis team and captain of the team her senior year. She has her M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Sherri lives in New York City with her husband Lee Sossen and two children. Since June 2017, Sherri has served as a trustee of the Randall’s Island Park Alliance. The entire family is regularly on Randall’s Island with their children who play soccer for MSC. Sherri and Lee can be found running on the pathways at Randall’s Island Park.