Leigh Morgan

Leigh Morgan is chief operating officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington. Her leadership experience spans the corporate, public, nonprofit, and philanthropy sectors with a focus on M&A, governance, operations, and leading organizations through dynamic change. In her current role she is a key driver of the foundation’s transformation efforts. Her previous leadership roles include associate chancellor at the University of California San Francisco, as vice president and global head of Human Resources, Product Development at Genentech, and serving in North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt’s administration, where she helped establish the AmeriCorps National Service program. Prior to her work with the governor, she was associate director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center. Leigh serves on a number of boards, including the Gates Cambridge Trust and Duke’s Fuqua Business School Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship. Leigh received her Master of Science in Organization Development from The American University in Washington, D.C., and BA degree from Duke University. While at Duke, she was the starting point guard for the women’s basketball team.