About the Author: Cheryl Bevelle-Orange

Cheryl Bevelle-Orange

In her 25+ year career, Cheryl has lead organizations to great success within the office and the community. Outside of her professional duties within the Corporate office, Orange’s dedication to working in the community is focused on the homeless, the American Heart Association’s STEM program, and mentoring the next generation of leaders by working with students in middle and high school programs.

Fueled by her distinctive expertise and passion, Cheryl has been a speaker at numerous venues around the US, including National Black MBA Harvard Review, Alpha Kappa Alpha National Boule, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, JSU Commencement Speaker, Black Enterprise Summit, and InnoTech Dallas. Cheryl published the book, The Courage to Continue: Navigating Your Corporate Journey, in 2022.

Cheryl’s has been recognized with awards such as the Technology All Star Award, Working Mother Media Award, Emerging Young Leader Award, Memphis Mayor’s Mentoring Award, the FedEx 5 Star Award, the 2018 Dallas Business Journal Women in Technology Award, the Dallas CEO Magazine 2018 500 most powerful leaders in the DFW area, the 2020 Jacksonville State Alumna of the year award, and the 2020 CIO Ones to Watch award.

Cheryl served in several roles for Fortune 500 companies including FedEx, PepsiCo and Army Air Force Exchange (AAFES).

Cheryl received a dual undergraduate degree in Computer Information Systems and Marketing from Jacksonville State University and her Executive MBA from Christian Brothers University. She is married to her husband Carlton and they have two adult children Alexandria and Carlton Rashad.