Josie Presley

Global Health, Program Manager, TB & HIV Programs at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Josie Presley joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012 and currently serves as the Program Manager for the TB and HIV Programs. She oversees the team’s operational and financial systems and processes, and is responsible for providing central coordination across the 50+ person team. Prior to this role, Josie served as an Associate Program Officer, where she led the foundation’s effort looking into social and cultural barriers that impact people living with, and most vulnerable to, HIV and oversaw a diverse portfolio of grants aimed at researching the implementation challenges of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as one tool for HIV prevention in southern and eastern Africa.

Before joining the foundation, Josie worked in several diverse settings as a program and project manager, including serving as the program director for a nonprofit organization which matched low-income seniors and adults with disabilities with in-home services provided by local volunteers. Josie holds a BA in cultural and religious studies from Western Washington University and an MBA from the University of Washington.

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Josie on mentorship

Throughout my career I have benefited greatly from mentorship, both as mentee and mentor. I look forward to participating in the EDGE program to work with students and help them see what might be next for them in their careers, schooling, or life in general. My own career path has been a meandering one, and I enjoy supporting people as they think about changing direction or getting creative about finding their passion in their work.