Gabrielle Fitzgerald

Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Gabrielle Fitzgerald is a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, responsible for the foundation's global health issue advocacy portfolio. Prior to joining the foundation, she spent five years at the U.S. Agency for International Development, focusing on HIV/AIDS and emergency programs. Previously, she served as the communications director for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and was a fellow with USAID/Zambia. Earlier in her career, Gabrielle worked in the speechwriting office at The White House and worked at the Department of Health and Human Services. Gabrielle holds a Master's of Public Administration from The Maxwell School at Syracuse University, and a B.A. from American University in Washington DC.