Shari Jackson is a native of Norman, Oklahoma with more than 30 years experience working with event production with theatre, concerts, touring shows and art exhibitions. She toured children's theatre in Taiwan (1994-2000), served in the past as Business Director of the Sooner Theatre of Norman (2003-2005), and Executive Director of Cimarron Opera (2011-2016), and is now Executive Director of The Depot (2014-present), art gallery, venue, and producer of the Summer Breeze Concert Series, and The Norman Music Alliance, Inc, producer of Norman Music Festival, Oklahoma's largest free music festival.