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Patty Stonesifer

Patty Stonesifer

Patricia Q. Stonesifer (born 1956) is an American executive. From June 2023 to January 2024, she was the interim CEO of The Washington Post and is on the board of Amazon. She began her career in various executive roles at Microsoft before becoming the founding CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She previously was the president and CEO of Martha's Table, a Washington D.C.–based non-profit that provides community-based solutions to poverty.