Cheryl Kern

Cheryl Kern is vice president of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Herman Miller, part of the MillerKnoll collective, and leads strategic development and alignment of Herman Miller Group’s key priorities related to driving business results, maximizing the contributions of our people, fostering supplier and community engagement that leads to a better world, and advancing a workplace culture of inclusion.

Cheryl most recently was the corporate director of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Lockheed Martin, advancing diversity and inclusion as a business and talent imperative. She is an experienced executive with cross-disciplinary expertise in the manufacturing, distribution, and consumer packaged goods industries.

She has been recognized as a Top Diversity Executive in Corporate America by Black Enterprise, was a Champion of Diversity Award recipient, has been honored with the Diversity Salute Award, and was named one of the 10 Top Global Leaders in Diversity and Inclusion by DiversityGlobal Magazine. As a thought leader, she has partnered on designing in-country inclusion solutions with stakeholders in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia.

She is frequently invited to bring voice to complex diversity and inclusion challenges—including her recent perspectives related to COVID-19 and racial inequity issues where Forbes featured her in sharing her views on the pandemic and realities faced by various diverse communities.

Cheryl’s leadership affiliations are with the African American Policy Forum, the Women’s Business Collaborative, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the Chief Diversity Officer Board. She is married and the mother of two daughters and finds great joy in spending time with family and friends. Her hobbies include hiking and focusing on becoming a lifestyle guru.