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Sandra Wheatley
Sandra Wheatley
Director
Global Community Affairs
As Director of Global Community Affairs for Cisco, Sandra Wheatley leads the strategy development and execution of the company’s community relations initiatives around the world. In addition, she spearheads Cisco’s Civic Council programs, which drive employee community service, and the company’s global employee matching gifts programs.
At Cisco, community engagement is fundamental to everyone’s success, helping to change the way people live, work, play and learn. The company’s community relations program accelerates societal transformation and shapes local business environments through investing people, technology and financial resources. Wheatley strategically invests those assets to strengthen Cisco’s brand and reputation in communities worldwide, to build employee development and culture, as well as a strong and healthy business environment, where Cisco has a significant presence. During her tenure Cisco has received numerous awards for community leadership and services including the Points of Light Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence.
Before moving into community affairs in 2007, Wheatley spent eight years in Cisco’s Corporate Public Relations group, working in the Office of the President on a range of corporate and business issues as well as education and health care. Wheatley, who has more than 20 years experience in the high-tech industry, previously managed public relations for Advanced Micro Devices.
Wheatley serves on the boards of directors for Guadalupe River Parks and Gardens, the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation and InnVision. She has a bachelor of science degree in political science from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. and a Certificate in Corporate Community Involvement Leadership from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
Articles
Hunger is the world’s #1 health risk, with 1 in 7 people going hungry worldwide. Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Close to 900 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries. Even in developed countries like the United States, 15 […]
Today, Cisco’s Patrick Finn, Senior Vice President, Public Sector, joined U.S. President Barack Obama and 9 other leading U.S. technology companies and education nonprofits to launch US2020 at the White House Science Fair. US2020 is an all-hands-on-deck initiative that aims to connect more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals to students from kindergarten through […]
As we settle into spring, I’m anticipating an exciting annual event — The Tech Challenge at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. This is an amazing program that brings together thousands of students and gives them a chance to flex their engineering muscles. In its 26th year, The Tech Challenge continues the mission […]
