Cheryl Veronica Mitchell was born on November 17, 1967, to the union of Joseph Charles Mitchell, Jr. and Pauline G. Mitchell in Milledgeville, Georgia. She was born to eternal life on May 13, 2021, at Ascension St. Francis Healthcare Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cheryl V. Mitchell graduated from Washington Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin in 1985, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BBA-Finance, Investments & Banking Degree in 1990. In 1998, she earned an MBA Degree in Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Business Management in Cambridge Massachusetts. While at MIT, she collaborated with four classmates to design and implement a method that was adopted to improve the Boston Public School District's education system. Cheryl's quest for knowledge was further extended to earning a National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) Certificate from the American Institute of Integrative Medicine. This way of knowing was the basis for being "of service through education and healthcare by empowering individuals to take charge of their own health and well-being of body, mind and spirit." Her work as a certified health coach and voluntary Chef and Nutrition Consultant; Outdoor Afro Chapter President emeriti; Soul Phood Dinner Founder; Diabetes Bootcamp Founder, Professional Women's Network for Service, Inc. Member, and several non-profit boards reinforce what she was doing.

Ms. Mitchell was a deeply spiritual woman who was reverent to the awe and wonder of God's bounteous creation.  She accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age and actively participated in youth church activities at Faith United Methodist Church. Building on her Christian beliefs, she travelled the world and became an ardent truth seeker, leading her not to be satisfied with "Sunday Only" religion but rather the application of Christlikeness in all aspects of daily life. She connected with the teachings of luminaries across the country, was an avid reader of texts on topics of religion, humanity, ethics, philosophy, and science. She demonstrated universal interconnectedness through the acceptance of people from all walks of life, no matter what religious faith, nationality, or country of origin. Through her embrace of nature, she expressed  care of animals including her beloved Romeo, a cat, saying "I see something in their eyes." She spent many occasions organizing, implementing, and participating in various sports, even participating in a triathlon in Maui, Hawaii with her mother as her guest.

Cheryl V. Mitchell, a business consultant, life coach, and people enthusiast, served a multitude of clients, spending copious hours performing additional non-contracted duties that nurtured and helped recipients accomplish their goals. She was never satisfied with the status quo. Her outreach covered the health and fitness, culinary, and wealth building arenas.  Never one to shrink from a challenge, Ms. Mitchell would host elaborate dinners, and drove or flew to conferences friend's weddings and celebrations, vacation and historical sites, and supplemental coaching events in France, England, Australia, China, Italy,  Latin America, and the Pacific Islands. She embraced diversity, inclusion, and equity wholeheartedly.

Professionally, Ms. Mitchell began her career as a Strategic Planner with Baxter Healthcare International's Renal Division, served as Senior Financial Analyst, and became an Associate in Corporate Financial Development Program, culminating in a two-year assignment in Brussels, Belgium. During her tenure in Belgium, she was an emissary to many other countries representing Baxter.

After a distinguished career at Baxter Healthcare International, Ms. Mitchell began a 15-year career with start-up medical device companies in Silicon Valley California – Perclose, Inc.; Kyphon Inc.; Asthmatix, Inc.; followed by her own, The Mitchell Companies LLC and Founder and CEO for The Diabetes Bootcamp. Throughout her career, she was a motivated and personable business leader with a successful track record in marketing management and financial analysis within life sciences – Sales Force Training & Development, Cross Functional Team Leadership, Sales and Marketing Strategies, Marketing sales Communications, New Market Development, Customer Service Management, Financial Analysis, Project Management, MS Office Suite, and Professional Oral and Written Presentations.

In 2015, Ms. Mitchell returned to her family home in Racine and became associated with The Fullbridge Program (2016) teaching Saudi Arabia University women the basic business techniques to increase their business acumen.  In 2017, she expanded her career blueprint as a consultant and eventual Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, centering on finance, strategy, and new business development until her untimely death. Cheryl's compassionate and mission-oriented endeavors impacted many people and small businesses in the Milwaukee area. Her SBDC leadership led to the formation of a presentation that enlisted the expertise of Democratic National Convention Committee Chairpersons from Ohio and Pennsylvania on how to engage with small business vendors during their conventions. Unfortunately, COVID-19 eclipsed this groundbreaking endeavor, since the DNCC had no written small business protocol established. During her leadership at SBDC, the Milwaukee unit rose from last to the #1 program site in the State of Wisconsin.

Cheryl Veronica Mitchell departed this life on May 13, 2021 and was preceded in death by her father Joseph C. Mitchell, Jr., Grandmother Ada Butler Mitchell, Grandfather, Moses William Glenn, Sr.; Grandmother Elnora Bush Glenn, and Aunts Lela Pearl Walker, Sarah R. Williams, and Evelyn Bradshaw; and Uncles John Robinson and Stanley Mitchell. She leaves to cherish her memories: Her devoted  Mother Pauline G. Mitchell;  Brother Christopher Virdon Mitchell of Racine, WI;  Uncle William L. Glenn of Hephzibah, GA; Aunts  Dr. Etheline G. (Kenneth) Thomas of Wilmington, DE, and Lillyé A. G. (Tommy) Hart of Chicago, IL; Aunt Birnell M. Hatcher of Atlanta, GA; and a host of cousins, relatives, and friends.

As a faithful daughter and sister, humble and grateful servant, ever present jokester as her dad before her, and optimist, always doing the best she could, she was comforted by a favored biblical passage as her life came to an end so peacefully:

Psalm 23: 4-6 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my hand with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Memorial Celebration at North Pointe United Methodist Church on Monday, May 24, 2021.  A viewing will take place from 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M., followed by Funeral Services at 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Interment will take place at Graceland Cemetery.

In remembrance of Cheryl V. Mitchell's life, the family asks that in lieu of flowers charitable donations to be made to The American Diabetes Association.

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