Sharon Murray (

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Smith, formerly Bush) (born 1952) is the founder and CEO of Teddy Share and the director of development for

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. She is the former wife of Neil Bush.

Early life

She is a daughter of Alba M. Smith and Robert E. Smith, an engineer with the federal government who lived in

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. Sharon obtained her teaching degree from the

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in 1975.

Career

Bush began her working life as an elementary school teacher. She then started Karitas Foundation, a national non-profit supporting shelters for homeless and abused children. In 1998, Bush founded Teddy Share, a for-profit company supporting charities focused on children's causes worldwide. In 2013, she began to oversee business development for Protein Matrix, a company that produces a

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degreasing product that breaks down fat, oil and grease to prevent clogs, overflows and fire hazards. In 2017, Bush took the role of director of development for

, a private

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school for children from low-income backgrounds.

Personal life

Sharon Bush was married to Neil Bush (born January 22, 1955) from 1980 until April 2003. The couple have three children : Lauren Pierce Bush (born June 25, 1984), Pierce Mallon Bush (born March 11, 1986) and Ashley Walker Bush (born February 7, 1989). She has three grandsons and one granddaughter from her first marriage. They were divorced in 2003, and on November 30, 2019, she married Bob Murray at Central Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Murray is a former managing director of Morgan Stanley & Company and the chief financial officer of the Public Service Enterprise Group. Murray is the son of Thomas F. Murray, the former

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of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Awards

In 2001, Bush received the Outstanding Mother Award, awarded annually by the National Mother's Day Committee. In 2011, Bush received the Girl Scouts Women of Distinction award. She has also been awarded the Mother of the Year Award by the Hale House Center, now part of Sheltering Arms Children & Family Services.

References

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