As Nicole Sherry puts it, she had reached the “grass ceiling.”
She was one of 30 head groundskeepers at a Major League Baseball stadium. She had achieved the dream she’d nurtured since her college days studying agriculture. Her domain was the sprawling expanse of Kentucky bluegrass of Camden Yards, home to the Baltimore Orioles.
And so, after more than 20 years on the job, she left it behind for a new challenge: an assistant secretary post in the Maryland Department of Agriculture…