Gayle Edlund Wilson

Chair, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Mrs. Wilson joined Gilead's Board of Directors in 2001. Mrs. Wilson served as California's First Lady from 1991-1999. She is Chair of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides grants for higher education, social impact, civic, cultural and health issues.

Mrs. Wilson is also the Chair of the Advisory Board of the California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS), a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), as well as the board of the Society for Science and the Public and the Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research.