Mimi Gardner Gates is an old friend of Theresa Kerry
Just a connection..
An old friend of Theresa Heinz Kerry,[2] she is also a frequent juror for the Heinz Awards, appointed by the Heinz Family Philanthropies to award outstanding achievement in the area of Arts and Humanities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Gardner_Gates
Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, not pictured, meet with Bill Gates at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2013.
Both Gates and former U.S. President Bill Clinton voiced their support for legislation that will increase funding for global health and outlined what they believe could be cost-effective ways to fight HIV/AIDS and poverty around the world.