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	U.S. News: Patty Stonesifer brings a new style of leadership to philanthropy(12/8/03)
		Stonesifer has played both those roles, yet she is neither on this outing.
		From her office in Seattle, Stonesifer has come to this nearby corner of Puget Sound in her capacity as cochair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, whose namesakes are the richest family in the world.
		Stonesifer, a former Microsoft executive who is close to the Gateses, is examining the return on investment.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/biztech/charities/articles/8stone.htm (604 words)

	Encyclopedia: Patty Stonesifer
		Patty Stonesifer is the Co-chair and President of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
		Stonesifer was a consultant to DreamWorks SKG and held a senior vice president position at Microsoft.
		Stonesifer donates both time and resources to a number of other regional nonprofit organizations and serves on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the board of directors of Amazon.com and Viacom Inc. In July 1996, she was named as one of the 25 Most Influential People in America by Time magazine.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patty-Stonesifer (794 words)

	Patty Stonesifer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Patty Stonesifer is the Co-chair and President of the (additional info and facts about Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
		Stonesifer was a consultant to (additional info and facts about DreamWorks SKG) DreamWorks SKG and held a senior vice president position at (additional info and facts about Microsoft) Microsoft.
		Stonesifer has also served on the U.S. delegation to the (An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security) United Nations General Assembly (additional info and facts about Special Session on AIDS) Special Session on AIDS.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/patty_stonesifer.htm (267 words)

	Patty Stonesifer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stonesifer to launch the Gates Learning Foundation, which later merged with the William H. Gates Foundation in 2000.
		Stonesifer was responsible for an $800 million business whose product was interactive entertainment, news, information and service products.
		Stonesifer's is a founding board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Patty_Stonesifer.htm (267 words)

	Independent Sector \| 2002 Annual Conference
		Patty Stonesifer is co-chair and president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leading the foundation's mission to improve access to advances in global health and learning for all people as we move into the 21st century.
		In addition to her responsibilities with the foundation, Patty is an active community volunteer, donating both time and resources to a number of regional nonprofit organizations, and she serves on the board of directors of the Seattle Foundation.
		Patty serves on the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian Institution and on the board of directors of Amazon.com and Viacom.
	www.independentsector.org /AnnualConference/2002/closing_plenary.htm (5973 words)

	Plenary Speakers
		Patty Stonesifer leads the foundation's mission to improve access to advances in global health and learning for all people as we move into the 21st century.
		She chairs the Executive Committee and serves on the board of The Vaccine Fund, which was launched in 1999 to address the need for vaccines among the world's 71 poorest countries and to provide financing for purchasing new and under-utilized vaccines against diseases such as Hepatitis B and Yellow Fever.
		In addition to her responsibilities with the foundation, Stonesifer is an active community volunteer, donating both time and resources to a number of regional nonprofit organizations and serves on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
	www.bio.org /globalhealth/sched/stonesifer.asp (201 words)

	WITI - Patty Stonesifer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stonesifer was at Microsoft from 1988 through 1997, most recently leading Microsoft's Interactive Media Division, which is responsible for the creation and marketing of interactive entertainment, news, information and service products across a variety of media, including the Internet.
		In addition to involvement in a range of professional, community and educational organizations, Stonesifer is a founding board member and executive committee member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, a national academy formed in 1996 and dedicated to providing both educational and recognition opportunities for the creative members of the interactive media industry.
		Although Stonesifer traded in her position at Microsoft to be a management consultant to DreamWorks, "Hoppers," the women's diversity group at Microsoft, nominated her as their representative for the WITI Hall of Fame.
	dev.witi.com /center/witimuseum/halloffame/1997/pstonesifer.shtml (406 words)

	Patty Stonesifer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stonesifer to launch the Gates LearningFoundation, which later merged with the William H. Gates Foundation in 2000.
		Stonesifer was a consultant to DreamWorks SKG andheld a senior vice president position at Microsoft.
		Stonesifer donates both time and resources to a number of other regionalnonprofit organizations and serves on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the board of directors of Amazon.com and Viacom Inc. In July 1996, she was named as one of the 25 Most Influential People in America by Time magazine.
	www.therfcc.org /patty-stonesifer-119076.html (294 words)

	PATTY STONESIFER TO LEAVE MICROSOFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stonesifer, 40, is Microsoft's highest-ranking woman executive and one of the top women executives in U.S. high tech.
		Stonesifer is mum about what kind of consulting, but insiders say she may do a film project with DreamWorks SKG, the Los Angeles studio with which Microsoft has formed a joint venture.
		Stonesifer's departure comes as a surprise given her meteoric rise at Microsoft since joining the software company in 1988 as senior manager of Microsoft Press.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/october/new1028c.htm (144 words)

	Patty Stonesifer Elected to Board of Directors of the CBS Corporation
		NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Patty Stonesifer has been elected to the Board of Directors of the CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS), it was announced by David T. McLaughlin, Chairman of the Board, and Mel Karmazin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
		Stonesifer held a Senior Vice President position at Microsoft, managing the company's investments in education and consumer software, as well as new online content and service.
		Stonesifer also serves on the boards of amazon.com, Alaska Air Group, Inc., Kinko's Inc., The Seattle Foundation and the YWCA of King County.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-29-1999/0000992687&EDATE= (327 words)

	Crafting partnerships for vaccinations and healthcare -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
		Stonesifer personally reviews and takes action on requests of more than $1 million, and is frequently on the road, visiting applicants, grantees and partners, abroad and at home.
		Stonesifer said that she is encouraged by the results she is seeing from creative alliances forged by dynamic leaders in all sectors of society.
		When Stonesifer agreed to take on a leadership role at the foundation, she made a commitment of four years.
	www.synergos.org /globalgivingmatters/features/0401gates.htm (1908 words)

	Amazon.com, Inc. Investor Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stonesifer joins Scott Cook, chairman and co-founder of Intuit, as the most recent additions to Amazon.com's board.
		Stonesifer joined Microsoft in 1988 as the senior manager of Microsoft Press and quickly rose through the ranks of the company.
		Stonesifer came to Microsoft from Que Corporation, the leading publisher of books for the computer industry, where she held a variety of positions including Publisher, Editor-in-Chief and Director of Marketing.
	www.corporate-ir.net /ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=AMZN&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=643027 (427 words)

	Gates Library Foundation board chairman joins Fund for America's Libraries
		Patty Stonesifer, president and chairman of the board of the Gates Library Foundation, has joined the board of the Fund for America's Libraries, the fundraising arm of the American Library Association (ALA).
		In June 1997, Stonesifer led the successful launch of the Gates Library Foundation, which is dedicated to partnering with public libraries to bring access to computers, the Internet and digital information for patrons in low- income communities in the United States and Canada.
		Stonesifer is a founding board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and founding co-chair of CITIES Board, which is dedicated to expanding the use of technology in Seattle community colleges.
	archive.ala.org /news/gatesfund.html (241 words)

	10/16/95 AFTER WIN95, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?
		Patty Stonesifer has just moved into her digs at ``Redmond West,'' the new campus for Microsoft Corp.'s ballooning consumer group, located a mile and a half from the software giant's headquarters sprawl.
		Stonesifer, 39, is not your typical Microsoftie, and that may have a lot to do with the division's success.
		Stonesifer is working hard to give her division the needed creative talent.
	compuserve.businessweek.com /1995/42/b344682.htm (1889 words)

	Microsoft Realigns Product Groups, Creates Chief Technology Officer; Enhances Focus on Internet, Interactive Media and ...
		Stonesifer said she has chosen to leave after eight years at Microsoft to pursue personal interests and a new career as a management consultant.
		Stonesifer joined Microsoft in 1988 and rose through the organization by bringing innovation, efficiency and effectiveness to the people she worked with and the products she led.
		Stonesifer began as senior manager of Microsoft Press and later served as General Manager for Microsoft Canada.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/1996/Oct96/re-org.mspx (1338 words)

	AEGiS-WSJ: The Grant Giver
		Back in the heady 1990s, Patty Stonesifer was leading Microsoft Corp.'s interactive-media group, launching new software, and demonstrating for a reporter a new videogame with her trademark brio, saying, "Isn't this cool?"
		Stonesifer, one of nine children of activist parents involved in Indianapolis food banks, says of her early influences, "It wasn't philanthropy, but service.
		Stonesifer has played midwife to the rebirth of the world's richest man as a philanthropist and benefactor, deploying a chunk of his personal fortune to prevent and treat some of the world's worst diseases: AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
	www.aegis.com /news/wsj/2004/WJ041103.html (935 words)

	DJC.COM: TOP-RANKING MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE LEAVES TO 'DO SOMETHING ON MY OWN', provided by Seattle Daily Journal of ...
		For Patty Stonesifer, this is one of those times.
		In December, Stonesifer gave up her position as senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Media Division, where her clout earned her billing by Time magazine as one of the nation's 25 most influential people.
		Stonesifer said she can now relate to many of the former Microsofties who went on to form such new companies as Real Audio and Midisoft and make award-winning products.
	www.djc.com /news/tech/10019871.html (614 words)

	Alaska's World - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton will replace Patty Stonesifer, president and co-chair of the Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who announced her resignation earlier this week.
		Stonesifer is leaving the Alaska Air Group board as well as several others in order to focus her time on the increasing scope of activities of the foundation.
		At the same time, we extend our gratitude and sincere thanks to Patty for the contributions she has made to our company.
	www.alaskasworld.com /news/2000/07/27_GenNewton.asp?print (389 words)

	Leadership - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Patty Stonesifer leads the foundation’s mission to promote equity for all people around the world.
		In addition to her responsibilities with the foundation, Stonesifer is an active community volunteer, donating both time and resources to a number of regional nonprofit organizations.
		Stonesifer has served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS.
	www.gatesfoundation.org /AboutUs/LeadershipStaff (1245 words)

	CBS News \| Giving Away Billions \| August 20, 2002 08:08:59
		Now she helps him give it away, with the same motivation, she says, that she had in her old job: "We feel like there's that same sense of urgency, that same sense of, 'This is the time for improvement in health around the world.' The science is accelerating at an incredible rate," she says.
		When Stonesifer retired from Microsoft - a multimillionaire at age 40 - she planned to spend more time with her teen-age children and sit on some corporate boards, including that of CBS.
		Stonesifer remembers the foundation's somewhat humble beginnings: "We were above a pizza restaurant, and it was myself and an assistant.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/12/04/60II/main254621.shtml (1380 words)

	WITI - Hall of Fame
		At Microsoft, Patty Stonesifer was Senior Vice President of the Interactive Media Division, an $800 million business and the largest multimedia company in the nation, where she was responsible for the creation and marketing of interactive entertainment, news, information and service products across a variety of media.
		Stonesifer is also a founding board member and executive committee member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, a national academy dedicated to providing both educational and recognition opportunities for the creative members of the interactive media industry.
		Stonesifer was named as one of the 25 Most Influential People in America by Time magazine.
	www.witi.com /center/witimuseum/halloffame/1997/pstonesifer.php (361 words)

	PND (11/16/99) -- Patty Stonesifer, Gates Foundation Co-Chair, Profile
		In 1997, at the age of forty, Patty Stonesifer left her executive position at Microsoft for early retirement as a multi-millionaire.
		While Stonesifer was looking forward to spending time with her two teenage sons and working as a part-time consultant for DreamWorks SKG, Bill and Melinda Gates were working on a project to provide donated computers to public libraries in poor neighborhoods.
		Stonesifer points out that although Gates's assets are vast, a gift of just $350 each to every American would extinguish his fortune.
	fdncenter.org /pnd/archives/19991116/003030.html (427 words)

	11/11/96 PATTY STONESIFER: SMART, SUCCESSFUL, AND OUTTA THERE
		On Oct. 29, Stonesifer announced she would be leaving that job.
		Stonesifer has cashed in stock worth millions in the past three years and still holds shares worth more than $800,000.
		Stonesifer says she knew a year ago she wanted to scale back, but Gates persuaded her to stay for two projects--launching MSNBC, a cable TV and Internet news venture with NBC, and reworking MSN for the Internet.
	www.businessweek.com /1996/46/b350163.htm (708 words)

	Globeinvestor.com: Statement by Patty Stonesifer on President Bush's Announcement of the G8 Initiative on Malaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Statement by Patty Stonesifer on President Bush's Announcement of the G8 Initiative on Malaria
		The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation works to promote greater equity in four areas: global health, education, public libraries, and support for at-risk families in Washington state and Oregon in the U.S. The Seattle-based foundation joins local, national, and international partners to ensure that advances in these areas reach those who need them most.
		The foundation is led by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, and has an endowment of approximately $28 billion.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/PRNEWS/20050630/2005_06_30_12_3217_1399264 (335 words)

	Gates Charity Money
		Patty Stonesifer and her colleagues at the foundation have problems of a different kind: everyone wants a piece of them.
		Stonesifer and Perkin spent the downtime talking about what they had learned, where they would like to go with it and how they would report back to Bill and Melinda.
		Stonesifer travels to New York once a month for CBS board meetings and has been to Davos and India since the Africa trip.
	www3.sympatico.ca /truegrowth/gates1.html (7944 words)

	STONESIFER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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