Gretchen Sheirr

Industry Impact Award Recipient, 2018

Gretchen Sheirr is in her 17th season with the Houston Rockets and her second year as Chief Revenue Officer. She previously served as Vice President of Sales and Service. She is responsible for sales, service and overall revenue strategy for the organization.

She joined the organization as an account executive in 2001 and has worked her way up the ranks.

In 2017, Sheirr was named one of Sports Business Journal's Forty under 40, which annually recognizes the top young professionals in sports business. She was also recognized as a Woman on the Move by the Texas Executive Women. Sheirr is also a founding board member of WISE Houston, serves on the board of Target Hunger and is a member of the Executive Women's Partnership.

A native of Spring, Texas, Sheirr graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with a degree in marketing. She was also a four-year letter winner as a diver for LSU. Sheirr and her husband, Ken live in The Woodlands with their twins, Jordan and Zachary.