District Governor Annual Visit

  It will be our pleasure give a warm PAUR welcome to our speaker on Friday: District Governor Susan Valenta. Susan is a member of the Rotary Club of Gilroy joining the club in 1995. Her career in business management spans over 40 years, most recently being the President/CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce where she recently retired after 24 years. In 2013 Susan was selected as one of the 100 most influential women in Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She also received the 2013 Hearts of Gilroy award from Community Solutions and was a recipient of the Rotary District 5170 Sidney R. Mitchell Award. In 2014 she was named Gilroy’s Woman of the Year.

  Susan’s service at the Rotary District level includes the Club Visioning Team, Youth Protections/Abuse Prevention Task Force, Advanced Leadership Program Seminar, Finance Committee, and is a past Assistant Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and District Conference Chair. She holds a B.S. Degree in Business Administration. Susan and her husband, Tom, have three grown children and six grandchildren.

  Susan will be relating what big Rotary is up to, our District’s endeavors, and how we might fit in.