Maureen Wolff

CEO and Founder, Sharon Merrill Advisors

Maureen is CEO of Sharon Merrill Advisors, a premier boutique strategic communications firm in the areas of investor relations, story creation and stakeholder engagement. She is a nationally recognized thought leader in investor relations and corporate communications, with more than 35 years of experience advising C-level executives and board of directors on how to improve their communications, build credibility and maximize stakeholder value. Maureen provides clients with strategic guidance in investor relations, corporate communications and sustainability, covering a variety of special situations such as executive transitions, crisis communications, IPOs and M&A, among others. She received a B.S. degree in Communications from Montclair State University and completed prescribed studies in “Financial and IR” at the Simmons College Graduate Program in Communications. 

As an expert in the complex and ever-changing landscape of investor relations and corporate governance, Maureen is frequently called upon to bridge the intersection between the two fields. She has earned a reputation for providing clients clear and actionable advice on implementing best-in-class sustainability strategies, navigating proxy contests and activism campaigns, elevating proxy communication, raising capital and developing crisis communication strategies. Maureen’s history of leadership within the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) includes serving as chairman and a board member, as well as spearheading the development of NIRI’s Standards of Practice for IR. 

Maureen is a peaker at high-profile industry events hosted by such organizations as the Association for Corporate Growth, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange and the Society for Corporate Governance.

She is also the recipient of the IR Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award; NIRI Fellow; Member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable; Honorary Director of the Boston Chapter of NIRI; Former Chairperson for NIRI IR Certification Council and contributing developer of the inaugural Investor Relations Certification exam; Lecturer at leading academic institutions such as Bentley University, Boston University, Emerson College and Harvard University, and at NIRI’s ‘Regulation Fair Disclosure’ seminar.