Kathleen Gibson became President & CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation in 2012. Prior to that, she worked in financial services at Citibank, as President of Texas and Central US Commercial. Gibson spent 25 preceding years that at Bank of America in various roles including Head of Asset Management Risk, President of Southwest US Private Banking, Head of Southwest Corporate Banking, and President of Bank of America Dallas.
Gibson is the 10th President in Southwestern Medical Foundation’s more than eighty-year history and the first woman to be asked to lead the organization.
Under her leadership, the Foundation has established key priorities for growth and long-term sustenance. 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.
Gibson is responsible for all aspects of the Foundation, engaging a broad coalition of advocates and contributors, stewarding a diverse asset base approaching $1 billion, and leading efforts to optimize operational excellence and impact. With an outstanding team, Gibson is directing the mission of Southwestern Medical Foundation forward, providing resources needed to help assure the highest quality of medicine through scientific discoveries, medical training, and patient care. During her tenure as President and CEO, the Foundation celebrated its 75th year of service – an opportunity to showcase the critical role the Foundation played in building quality health care in the southwestern U.S. and to re-engage community leadership in advancing the progress essential in health care today.
Born in Texas, Gibson lived several early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics 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.