Cherie Y. Hamilton is active in the University Women’s Club and served as its president for two terms. Fluent in Portuguese, she taught in Brazil and later served as an interpreter for negotiating teams in Angola and Belgium.

After graduating from the University, she was employed in Human Resources at General Mills where she was EEO Representative and manager of recruitment. In the 1980s she moved to Vanderbilt University where she became the director of Recruitment and Staffing Services. Since returning to Minnesota, she has been active in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) as course leader, committee member, and board member.