David Gold,

David began as an AIDS treatment activist with ACT UP New York. He has been active in HIV vaccine advocacy since 1992 when he convened a city-wide panel in New York to produce the first community-based paper on HIV vaccine research, titled Community Perspectives on HIV Vaccine Trials. An attorney by training, David was Director of Medical Information at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and editor of GMHC's Treatment Issues newsletter from 1990 to 1995. He is the founding editor of the IAVI Report, the newsletter of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. David was also IAVI's founding Vice President for Policy and Public Sector Support. David currently serves as the principal of his own company, Global Health Strategies, an international consulting and communications firm.