Originally from South Jersey, Sharon Romano and her family moved to Naval Air Station Meridian in 1989, from Camp Pendleton, California with the Marine Corps. A graduate of Katharine Gibbs School, Sharon joined the Meridian/Lauderdale County Chamber of Commerce in 1990, as Administrative Assistant to the Executive VP. She has worked through all of the subsequent organizations into her current position in the EMBDC.
In her role as Executive Assistant to the President, she maintains the corporate calendar, schedules appointments, coordinates all travel arrangements, maintains the membership database and provides staff support for EMBDC committees. Sharon and her husband, Jimmy, have two children, a son-in-law and two grandchildren. She and her family reside in Meridian.