Jeff Chertack

Deputy Director, Global Communications at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jeff Chertack leads the team that manages how the foundation’s voice and that of its leaders is used, including in employee communications. Previously, he led the foundation’s global health communications portfolio. Jeff joined the foundation in 2016 after 14 years with the global communications consultancy Ogilvy, serving in leadership roles in Washington, D.C.; Brussels, Belgium; and Doha, Qatar. Jeff is a graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in psychology.