Trevor Neilson Joins LabNow Board of Directors
LabNow, Inc., an innovative provider of lab-on-a-chip technology, has announced the appointment of Trevor Neilson to the company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Neilson served as executive director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), the organization leading the private sectors fight against the world's deadliest diseases. During his tenure at the GBC, he helped grow corporate membership to more than 200 multinational companies with interests related to AIDS and health care. He also opened and managed offices in New York, Paris, Beijing, Geneva and Johannesburg, and established partnerships in 20 countries around the world.
"Trevor's thorough understanding of HIV/AIDS and global health coupled with his international business expertise is a valued addition to our Board and international launch strategy" remarked LabNow Chairman and CEO, Rick Hawkins.
"LabNow's technology has the potential to revolutionize the fight against HIV/AIDS. As governments, NGO's and companies around the world scale up their response to this crisis LabNow's ability to bring rapid point of need testing closer to the patient will make treatment programs far more effective.", said Trevor Neilson.
Trevor Neilson is currently a senior advisor to APCO Worldwide, an independently owned global communication consultancy with offices in major cities throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Neilson is also a member of APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council. He is an expert in global health and corporate responsibility and specializes in helping clients around the world navigate complex political problems and design sophisticated global strategies. He assists APCO's clients in strategic planning, program development communication and business diplomacy.
Mr. Neilson served as director of public affairs and special projects at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he was responsible for grant-making, government relations and public affairs. He also was the spokesperson and managed relationships with the United Nations, governments, corporations and NGOs. In addition, he worked for Bill and Melinda Gates on personal projects and served as spokesperson for the Gates family.
Mr. Neilson worked in the Clinton White House in the Office of Scheduling and Advance, and the White House Travel Office. He formed Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA) with Bill Gates, Bono and George Soros and was a member of the organization's founding board of directors.
He is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Wikimedia Foundation advisory board, the Genocide Intervention Network advisory board, the Business & Human Rights Resource Center and a number of other organizations. He served as vice-chairman of Saflink, a technology company focused on biometric security solutions for government agencies in the United States, and is a visiting practitioner at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute in the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, where he lectures on the role of philanthropy and corporate responsibility in public policy and international relations.
About LabNow
LabNow, Inc., seeks to improve global health and safety through the deployment of simple, rapid, point-of-need laboratory testing. The company, headquartered in Austin, Texas, has licensed novel, platform lab-on-a-chip sensor technology from The University of Texas at Austin (UT). The technology has the capability to automate complex fluid analysis quickly, accurately and at lower cost than current methods. The microfluidics sensor technology has broad uses in medical, homeland security, environmental chemistry and process engineering applications. LabNow anticipates the launch of its point-of-care CD4 diagnostic system Q2 of 2009.
