Alana Cheeks-Lomax is a mission driven strategist with over 10 years of consulting experience providing management and strategy solutions to non-profits, public, and private sector organizations looking to achieve their strategic objectives through business transformation, organizational growth, and social impact. In her work at Microsoft, Alana leads the company's Diversity & Inclusion reporting strategy including the definition of measurement standards, analysis of diversity data, identification of trends and patterns in data, and communicating insights to the CEO and his executive team. She is also responsible for partnering with the company's Center of Excellences to drive the Diversity & Inclusion strategic planning process while supporting the global strategy and implementation.

Alana is passionate about bringing innovative ideas to the intersection of business and society, using her experiences to solve an organization's most challenging problems. She has great executive presence, communicates effectively, possess strong analytical skills, and high emotional intelligence. She has additional skillsets in strategic planning, innovation, business process improvement, project management, strategic choices, data strategy, organizational design, strategic partnerships, and diversity & inclusion.