She was Deputy Director for the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department.[2] She was Director of Oregon Zoo and Seattle Aquarium.[1] During her leadership at Oregon Zoo the African Savannah and African Rainforest exhibits were created.[3] In 2016 she joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Inquiry.[2]
In 2020 she and her husband Spike Wadsworth made a $503,000 endowment to Oregon State University in order to establish the Y. Sherry Sheng and Spike Wadsworth Master Gardener Professorship Fund.[4] In 2012 they also donated $1.2million as a gift to the Master Gardener Programme.[5] Sheng has been Clackamas County Master Gardener since at least 2012.[6]
Awards
Agricultural Hall of Fame at Oregon State University - 2018.[7]