Lindsay Sherwin

About Lindsay Sherwin

Lindsay is a high-impact strategist and Senior Manager within Verizon’s Legal and Security (L&S) Executive Business Operations team. Serving as a lead integrator and advisor, she bridges the gap between high-level strategy and operational execution. Lindsay specializes in orchestrating complex, cross-functional initiatives and high-stakes governance cycles, ensuring organizational health and strategic alignment for senior leadership.Core Areas of Expertise:Strategic Integration: Serves as the primary liaison for Frontier integration, managing cross-functional workstreams and ensuring 100% compliance with executive delivery obligations.Pillar Program Oversight: Leads strategic oversight and governance of the L&S organization’s core pillar programs: Pro-bono & Volunteerism; Culture, Community & Belonging; and Learn & Lead. Owns the full delivery model—from initial programming and internal communications to large-scale event execution.Executive Strategist: Designs high-stakes presentations and strategic talk tracks for senior leadership, translating complex data into actionable narratives.Operational Excellence & Enablement: Manages digital infrastructure and spearheads an internal upskilling program for the Executive Business Operations team. Supports partners in the execution of large-scale engagement forums—including All Hands, AMAs, and Roundtables—ensuring operational continuity and providing delegated leadership for end-to-end communications and event strategy.Background:Lindsay’s 20-year tenure at Verizon is a testament to her versatility, with deep expertise in finance compliance, asset protection, and consumer sales and operations. She bridges the gap between traditional investigative rigor and modern operational frameworks, being trained in both Wicklander-Zulawski/Reid interrogation techniques and Agile methodologies. Her technical toolkit includes Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt), Scrum Master, and Design Thinking Foundations.An alumna of Rutgers University (Evolutionary Anthropology), Lindsay resides in Hunterdon County, NJ. She is an avid traveler and podcast/documentary enthusiast who finds balance through reading, the outdoors, and quality time with her family and two dogs.

Experience

1. Prog & Proj Mgmt Sr Manager

   Verizon

   Mar 2025 — Present · Basking Ridge, NJ, US

   Oversees the organizational effectiveness of the Executive Business Operations Office, in the Public Policy, Responsible Business, Legal, & Security Organization, supporting Verizon\'s Chief Legal Officer.Acts as a crucial gatekeeper, operator, implementer, and strategist to ensure the successful implementation and scaling of strategic initiatives.Leads Project Portfolio Management for the organization, managing specific projects on behalf of the Executive Leadership team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver key business-impacting initiatives.Drives Executive-Level Communication by delivering actionable recommendations to C-Suite through data-driven analysis, visualizations for executive decision-making, and concise storytelling that translates complex ideas into consumable insights.Establishes Organizational Governance through key strategic program portfolios, creating intake processes and streamlining administrative tasks.

Education

• Jack Welch Management Institute

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2019

• Rutgers University

  Bachelor of Science - BS