Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club Female Leaders
 
l to r: First row: Trudy Armstrong*, Nasrin Barbee*, Rosemarie Bergdahl, Alison Farrin*, Second row: Sue Herndon, Kendra Jeffcoat* Inan Linton, Jean Loo-Russo, Third Row: Jeanne MacLaren, Susan Marsh, Laura Mello,  Karen Mortimer*, Fourth Row: Kim Muslusky, Laurie Oakland**, Heather Ray, Mary Stanton, Fifth Row: Judith Tronsrue, Tracey Van Putten, Kim Varey, Carolyn Woempler    *past president  **was president twice
 
The Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise was officially chartered on September 19, 1988 after being sponsored by The Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo. This is the year after women were officially permitted to join Rotary clubs in the United States.  The fourth club president was mortgage company executive Laurie Oakland (1991-1992).  Laurie, a charter member also served as president in 2004-05 and is currently retired and an honorary member.  (See the list of club presidents here.)
 
In our 29 year history, women have taken many leadership positions and 8 women have served as president.  Currently a third of our 60 club members members are women.  These women are current or former  business and professional leaders in the fields of hospital administration, a college professor in education, architecture, travel office owner, mortgage banking, financial planning, pension plan design and administration, retirement home administration, certified public accounting and various executive positions in nonprofit organizations.