Since joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in January 2010, CCO Kate James has orchestrated a major reorganization in the philanthropic group's communications structure - one that represented a fundamental change in its approach. The restructuring moved communications out of program segments and into a more centralized structure and is beefing up global communications resources at the foundation, which has about 1,000 employees and grant commitments to date totaling $25 billion-plus worldwide.

A major ...