Gina Sheets

Gina has her Arizona Brokers License and works as an independent agent with AARE, a national real estate company.  Gina is in the top 1% sales of all real estate agents in Arizona for 2024 and in 2023 the top 3% of all agents in sales gross volume. 
When not working on development and real estate projects, Gina serves as a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute, Indianapolis Indiana, working in African Initiatives and developing the Global Consortium Portfolio.  She and her husband lived in Liberia, West Africa for five years building Liberia’s first collegiate ran Agriculture Research Center on the campus of Liberia International Christian College.  She served the college as Vice President and instructor of agriculture, business, math, and development courses. While living in Liberia the Sheets worked in the value-add production chain in Rwanda and created an agriculture vocational program in Burundi.  
Upon returning to the USA in 2017 Gina was tapped to be the Chief Innovation Officer and set up the Innovation Center for USDA Rural Development in Washington D.C.  In this capacity she directed the strategic development and implementation of the Innovation Center (IC). Prior to Liberia, Gina was the first appointed Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) under Governor Mike Pence. Gina has worked in economic development on a local, State, National and International level.  She and her husband own and have owned several small businesses.