Sheila Henley

Sheila Henley is a Chicago native, who is a high energy, creative producer who enjoys taking on new challenges, producing television, film and digital projects. She's a self-proclaimed "entertainment-a-holic" loves all things in entertainment. The good, the bad and the ugly. She lives by words "You have to do better to be better". She is currently a producer on the up coming film project "A Cup Full Of Crazy" with award winning Philadelphia, PA filmmaker Jillian Bullock. The film, which is a psychological thriller, deals with mental illness and the path to recovery. She has produced three successful YouTube web-series which in combined total generated views of more than 100k+. These series have included "The Stressfree Zone Sports and Entertainment" Show hosted by Emmy-winning host Randy Stress; "Whtz On Your Mind" and W.IN.E Women In Entertainment both created by Sheila. Sheila has a love and passion for the entertainment industry. During her time working in the financial industry, Sheila found time to work in the entertainment industry as a personal manager, public relations, and street marketing for various independent projects. These projects have included (the band "The Steve Butler Movement" - PR/Marketing, hip-hop Abstract Giants - PR/Marketing, R & B vocalist Lynda West - Manager , hip-hop Insomniacz - Manager and the band P1-Groove - PR/Marketing). After taking some time away from the music industry. Sheila started a Newsletter/news paper/magazine publication called W.IN.E (Women IN Entertainment). The publication was distributed widely across the Chicagoland area. W.IN.E (Women.IN.Entertainment) is a platform for women who are visionaries, pioneers, and Icons within the entertainment industry. W.IN.E today is an online web series featuring some of today's top entertainment talent within various areas of the entertainment industry. Sheila holds a B.A. from Columbia College of Chicago (Entertainment Business and Media Management); Shonda Rhimes Master Class, Writing for Television; Chicago Filmmaker Institute-Producer Technique; Advertising and Public Relations Essentials Certification and Advanced Marketing Research Techniques Certification. Sheila has a background in finance. As a derivative analyst her career started over ten years ago, on the trading floor at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. After five years on the trading floor as a runner to phone-clerk, Sheila soon set her sights on the investment banking side of the financial industry. Sheila began working for some of today's leading investment banking firms such as: First Chicago Bank, Northern Trust Company, Option Clearing Corporation and Bank of America.