A Visit to the Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a beautiful new campus in downtown Seattle.  With the Points of Light Corporate Service Council, we had an opportunity to meet with David Bley and also experience their new Visitor Center.   The LEED–NC Platinum campus is design to operate efficiently for more than a century.  The visitor center is divided into galleries that explore the innovative work that the Gates Foundation, and its partners, are tackling  to address some of the world’s most difficult challenges.  “Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.”   David Bley, director of the Pacific Northwest Initiative focuses on work to help vulnerable children and families in the Foundations’ home region.  We discussed with him the collaborative approach that Gates takes with NGOs around the world as well as working with business and we also talked about the Foundations’ education strategy.  www.gatesfoundation.org