In 1988, Cheryl Rogers Cohenour started her business as a small, woman-owned environmental consulting company that specialized in hazardous waste consulting. Cohenour went on to form Cherokee CRC as a joint venture with Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB), merged the business with CNB in 2007 and retired from the company in 2015. She is currently an independent business consultant.

With a heart for community service, Cohenour has served on the Environmental Protection Commission for the Cherokee Nation and helped implement the recycling program for the city of Tulsa. She is the chairman of the Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission and former president of the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation. Currently, she is leading the development of Dream Keepers Park.