

Cheryl Lander (she/her) is a charter member and this year’s President of the Silicon Valley Rainbow Rotary Club, an LGBTQ+ focused Rotary Club. She’s also the Chair for Rotary District 5170’s DEI Committee, working with the 64 Rotary clubs in the district to strengthen our culture of inclusion and belonging. And she’s a lifetime member of the Rotary International’s LGBT+ Fellowship and recently joined their Board. Professionally, she is a Senior Director in the Fusion Cloud Release Management team at Oracle. During her over 30 years of experience working for technology companies, she has managed most functions in product development organizations. During her time at Oracle, she’s also been involved with the LGBTQ+ Pride and women’s employee resource groups. She has BAs in Biology and English from Pacific Lutheran University (in Tacoma, WA) and an MA in Spirituality from Santa Clara University. She and her wife, Karen, enjoy travel and photography, volunteer with a handful of non-profits, and love spending time with their two Cairnoodles, Salt and Pepper. In her talk, she'll cover RI's perspective on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), how it relates to building welcoming spaces where all members can thrive, and District-level resources available to help clubs do this work more intentionally.








