Known as “the lady who lives in the Pink House.” In 1993, she and her husband, Carroll, restored the antebellum Victorian home in Cary, as well as The Matthews House. She was the founder of MRPP, Inc. a media ad agency, Integrated Clinical Trial Service, and the Cary Innovation Center. Active in her community, Sheila serves on several nonprofit boards and commissions, and is a founding board member for the Cary Community Foundation and The Cary Women’s Giving Network. She was honored with the Cary Hometown Spirit Award, Anthemion Award for historic preservation, and has been the recipient of Cary Magazine’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Sheila was inducted into The North Carolina National Association of Women Business Owner’s Hall of Fame in 2018.