Kathleen Gibson became President & CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation in 2012. Prior to that, she worked in financial services at Citi, as President of Central US Commercial; also, at Bank of America in various roles including Head of Asset Management Risk, President of Southwest Private Banking, Head of Southwest Corporate Banking, and President of Bank of America Dallas. Gibson is the 10th President in the Foundation’s eighty-year history and the first woman to be asked to lead the organization. She is responsible for new efforts to engage a broad community of advocates and contributors, while overseeing the business, endowment, and core programs driving engagement, affinity, and impact. During her tenure, the Foundation celebrated its 75th year – an opportunity to showcase the critical role the Foundation played in building quality health care in our region and re-engage community leadership in advancing the progress essential in health care today. Gibson has served as both a leader in business and in community. She serves on the boards of Southwestern Medical Foundation, Texas A&M Foundation, and Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, among others. Her north Texas civic involvement has included service on the boards of the Dallas Regional Chamber, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, The Dallas Opera, The Lamplighter School, Dallas Citizens Council, and the Dallas 2012 Olympic Bid Committee. She is active at Texas A&M University, serving on the Foundation Board, as past Chair of The Association of Former Students, and as a member of the Advisory Board of The Bush School of Government and Public Service. . Born in Texas, Gibson lived several early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and attended school at SMU in Oxford and SMU in Russia. Kathleen and her husband, Robert, have two daughters, Catherine and Sarah.
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