Shari has owned and operated Red House Speech and Language Services since September 2008, providing high-quality, client-centred speech, language, and communication assessment and intervention services to children 1 to 19 years old and their families. Shari has been a Speech-Language Pathologist since 1989, graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Alberta in 1989, and with her Master of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology, also from U of Alberta, in 1992. She and her husband moved to Vernon in the summer of 1992, and she worked at NONA until 2007. She opened her private practice after a brief period with School District 22. Shari is actively involved in her Provincial and National Professional Associations, and has also volunteered in the past with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Special Rabbits Cross-Country Ski Program. She enjoys travelling, playing piano, gardening, hiking and reading.