Club Meeting: Voting by Mail

The Rotary Club of Wilsonville will conduct its regular weekly meeting of the members, living out the club’s main objectives of service and fellowship. Guests are always welcome. Meetings take place on Zoom. Contact President Joe Schwab at president@wilsonvillerotary.com, or any member of the club for details.

For this week’s program, the guest speaker will be Gerry Langeler, managing director at OVP Venture Partners. His topic will be, “Voting By Mail: Why It Has Worked In Oregon and Why Others Oppose It.”

There will also be updates on various club programs and activities, as needed.

Speaker bio: Gerry has served for 28 years as managing director for OVP Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. At OVP, he has served on over 20 for-profit boards (with six becoming public companies), including currently CradlePoint, Group 14 and Novomer. Prior to OVP, Gerry was co-founder and president of Mentor Graphics Corporation. He also spent six years in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

At the National Vote at Home Institute, Gerry volunteered for almost three years as Director of Communications and Research, responsible for making sure the organization provided a unique focal point and national resource for all things relating to the benefits of mailed-out ballot election systems, as used in Oregon. He retired from the group at the end of June.

He has served as board chair for a number of not-for-profits including the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Oregon Facilities Authority, and Co-chair of the Oregon Growth Board. He was elected and served as chair of the Riverdale School District Board.

Gerry is the author of The Success Matrix: Winning in Business and in Life (Logos Press 2014), and The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review). In 2011, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. Gerry holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.