Sherif serves as a senior advisor to Emerge Dynamics.  He is an internationally recognized expert of Corporate Strategy, Strategic Innovation and Multi-Organizational Innovation. He currently serves on the committees of several investment funds, serves as Executive Director of the Tulane University Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and is a professor of Strategy & Innovation at Tulane University. He also serves on the faculty of The Catholic University of America, and has served on the faculties of other universities, governance and executive development programs. He has served on several National Health Care Policy Task Forces and Committees, advised many CEOs, governing boards, entrepreneurs and organizations on developing successful strategies to achieve sustainable growth, and has served as CEO of several large corporations including a senior executive management position in a Fortune 100 company.

Sherif is a board-certified health care executive, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an NAPH Managed Care Public Policy & Finance Fellow from New York University and a Health Systems Management Fellow from Tulane University. 

Sherif has been nationally recognized for his work in healthcare and strategic leadership by two U.S. Presidents, by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, twice by a Fortune 100 Company. He has also been appointed to professional leadership positions by a Parish President, two Louisiana Governors, and has been named a White House Champion of Change for Innovation by the President of the United States.