Patty Stonesifer

Founding CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Stonesifer built her career on executive leadership spanning technology, philanthropy, and public service. She began in various executive roles at Microsoft before taking on the foundational work of establishing the Gates Foundation. She later served as president and CEO of Martha's Table, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit focused on community-based solutions to poverty. From June 2023 to January 2024, she served as interim CEO of The Washington Post, and she served on the board of Amazon.