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Patty Stonesifer
Patricia Q. Stonesifer (born 1956) is the President and CEO of Martha's Table, a non-profit in Washington, D.C., that develops sustainable solutions to poverty. Stonesifer currently advises business, nonprofit and government leaders on strategies for reducing inequity, and was appointed in 2010 by President Obama to serve as the Chair of the White House Council for Community Solutions.〔(White House Council for Community Services | United We Serve ). Serve.gov. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.〕 In July 1996, she was named as one of the 25 Most Influential People in America by ''Time''.〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/patty-stonesifer-former-ceo-of-gates-foundation-to-lead-dc-food-pantry/2013/01/29/18da5ab2-698f-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html〕
== Career and Nonprofit Work ==
Patty Stonesifer is the former co-chair and chief executive officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. On February 7, 2008, she announced that she would step aside from her role at the end of the year.〔(), New York Times.〕 In the ten years prior, she was the founding CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 1997, Bill and Melinda Gates asked Stonesifer to launch the Gates Library Foundation,〔(Gates Foundation Announcement )〕 which later merged with the William H. Gates Foundation in 2000. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's USD $38.7 billion endowment fund hands out more than a billion dollars a year to "improve access to advances in global health and learning."
Before joining the Gates Foundation, Stonesifer spent two decades working in technology, with her final role as Senior Vice President at Microsoft Corporation leading the consumer and interactive products division. Stonesifer was a consultant to DreamWorks SKG and held several vice president positions at Microsoft. Stonesifer began her tenure at Microsoft running Microsoft Canada before being promoted to Vice President and revamping Microsoft's Product Support operations.〔(Gates Foundation Bio ) on Stonesifer.〕 Later she oversaw the Consumer Products Group and served as senior vice president of the Interactive Media Division.〔 In the latter position, Stonesifer was responsible for an $800 million business whose product was interactive entertainment, news, information and service products. In addition, Stonesifer managed Microsoft's investments in new online content and service products including MSN. The Interactive Media Division produced software titles including Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, Microsoft's ''Magic School Bus'' Series and Microsoft Flight Simulator. In 1996 she negotiated a Microsoft and DreamWorks SKG joint venture, DreamWorks Interactive, which was subsequently acquired by Electronic Arts.
Stonesifer is a founding board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. She served on the board of The GAVI Fund, which helps to provide vaccines to developing countries. Stonesifer has also served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS. She is a founding co-chair of the CITIES board, which promotes expanding the use of technology in Seattle's community colleges. Stonesifer donates both time and resources to a number of other regional nonprofit organizations and serves on boards of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Center for Global Development, the Broad Institute, and is a member of the Circle of Allies and Champions for the National Council of Young Leaders, an advisory board member for America Achieves, Hope Street Group advisor and on the executive committee of RaiseDC. Stonesifer served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also on the corporate board of Amazon.com. In 2012 she completed her term as chairman of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents.
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