Lisa Alvarez-Calderón

Lisa Alvarez-Calderón has diverse human resources experience working in multinational companies, philanthropy, and academia. Most recently, she served as chief human resources officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she worked closely with the foundation’s executive leadership team to build a high-integrity culture through the COVID-19 pandemic. Alvarez-Calderón previously worked in Chile for four years as human resources vice president for BHP in the mining sector and as academic director for the University of Chile’s Center for Organizational Engineering. She developed her career in the pharmaceutical sector with Johnson & Johnson and with Bristol-Myers Squibb, including leading HR for the Asia Pacific region based in Singapore and supporting global research and development. Alvarez-Calderón began her professional life as an HR leadership trainee in the insurance industry with Cigna.

Alvarez-Calderón earned a B.A. in political science from Trinity. She went on to earn an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.