Mitchell Warren is the Executive Director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), an international non-governmental organization that uses public education, policy analysis, advocacy and community mobilization to accelerate the ethical development and global delivery of AIDS vaccines and other HIV prevention options.

Before this, he was the Senior Director for Vaccine Preparedness at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) where he directed efforts to increase community understanding and national involvement in AIDS vaccine research. Warren previously spent four years as Vice President of International Affairs for The Female Health Company (FHC), the manufacturer of the female condom, and six years at Population Services International (PSI) designing and implementing social marketing, communications and health promotion activities, including five years running PSI’s project in South Africa.

Warren studied English and History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and health policy at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Warren is a member of the Global HIV Prevention Working Group; the governing council of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise; the WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Advisory Committee; and Co-Chair of the Caucus for Evidence-Based Prevention.

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