Rebecca Ferguson

Becky Ferguson is CEO of the Salesforce Foundation & Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at Salesforce. In this role, she helps strengthen, grow, and evolve the company’s integrated philanthropic model and commitment to business as a platform for change. She brings 20+ years of experience spanning community engagement, philanthropy, and public health, including stewarding over $1B in philanthropic capital toward strategic, community-driven solutions.

Prior to joining Salesforce, Becky spent nine years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation scaling social good initiatives globally with a focus on women’s and children’s health. Becky was a Fulbright Fellow in the Netherlands and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar with UNESCO’s Education Sector in Paris, France. She started her career working with small, grassroots organizations in rural communities of the United States. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Business Administration in Sustainable System