Bonnie Lei

Bonnie Lei is a founding member and Head of Global Strategic Partnerships for Microsoft’s AI for Earth program, a five-year, $50 million cross-company effort delivering technology-enabled solutions to global environmental challenges. In this role, she has awarded 750+ grants in 100+ countries, is helping build the first Planetary Computer, and leads Microsoft’s effort to protect more land than it uses by 2025. She has been recognized as an Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow, a Corporate Eco Forum Emerging Sustainability Leader, and a National Geographic Explorer. Bonnie is based in Seattle, where she is on the Center for Geospatial Solutions Advisory Council, is a founding member of The Trust for Public Land’s Next Gen Council, and served on the city’s Urban Forestry Commission.