Rashad Burgess
Executive Director, HIV Community Operations
Gilead Sciences
Rashad Burgess is the Executive Director for HIV Community Operations at Gilead Sciences, leading the HIV Community Team. As a key member of Gilead’s HIV senior leadership team, he contributes to overall strategy for the business unit and is a strategic and trusted partner helping community and sales professionals as well as those in the larger healthcare industry make their vision a reality. Mr. Burgess joined Gilead in 2013, first as a Community Liaison, then becoming a Regional Sales Director and subsequently Executive Sales Director.
He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where he received a BA in Public Policy and an MA in Social Sciences.
Mr. Burgess has dedicated much of his life to the mission of preventing HIV, particularly among people of color, including gay men and other communities impacted by HIV. Prior to joining Gilead Sciences, Mr. Burgess was Chief of the Capacity Building Branch for the Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this position, he was responsible for the oversight of nearly 50 programmatic and scientific staff providing capacity-building assistance to domestic health departments and community-based organizations. He also provided outstanding leadership in the revising and implementing of the funding awards process for health departments and other organizations. Prior to this, he managed a team of project officers that provided oversight of HIV prevention programs in the West, including Guam, Hawaii and the West Coast. He has continued to maintain his track record of excellence at Gilead, where he is a member of Gilead’s Circle of Excellence.