Josué Estrada
Chief Operating Officer
Josué leads the operations, finance, legal, and technology teams that help the organization execute its strategic plan. As a member of Climate Lead’s leadership team, he partners with the President and other department leads to build the systems and culture a growing team needs to attract more philanthropic funding for climate solutions.
Prior to joining Climate Lead, Josué was chief operating officer of the Center for AI Safety, where he strengthened the organization’s financial and operational foundation. He also served as chief operating officer to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, leading organization-wide operations and supported its early climate program, as well as at Salesforce.org. Previously, he also held leadership roles at Gap Inc., DHL, and Procter & Gamble.
Josué holds a joint MBA from Manchester Business School and IE Business School. With extensive experience across the Americas and Europe, he is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, and French. He proudly serves on the boards of the YMCA of Greater San Francisco and the We Are All Human Foundation.
