Sheila Walker

Sheila has held senior leadership roles in the travel and entertainment industries, including serving as Director of Entertainment Sales for American Airlines, where she negotiated complex air contracts for major touring bands, film productions, and television shows, including The Late Show with David Letterman, which relocated production to London for a season. Her career has spanned large-scale logistics, strategic negotiation, and relationship-driven partnership-building across the entertainment and travel sectors.

Sheila has been honored for her work with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and has long supported civic and political engagement, including hosting local government candidates focused on environmental and ecological issues.

Sheila, in partnership with her daughter Rachel Hays, founded Walker & Hays Travel. In their roles leading a prestigious travel company, Sheila has secured significant in-kind and philanthropic contributions from five-star hotels in support of Space for Giants’ conservation work.

Sheila's three children have been champions of change as well.

Billy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn invited Rachel to their home in Plains, Georgia after Rachel's very successful fundraiser for the Carter Center to eradicate guinea worm disease. Sheila's son, Ryan Shelly's art called "Target on Peace" painted when he was 8-yrs-old became the global marketing campaign logo for the Brady Center and the Ohio Coalition against Gun Violence and Sheila was introduced to Space for Giants through her daughter Emily Walker, who at age 13 founded "Kids Against Animal Poaching" (KAAP). Together, Sheila and her three children have been long-standing supporters of Space for Giants, reflecting a shared commitment to wildlife conservation and advocacy.