Chris Collins was appointed vice president and director of public policy for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of AIDS-related public policy.
“Chris’s talent, dedication and extensive HIV policy experience will be a great resource to his new colleagues at amfAR, as well as to members of Congress, the research community, and people living with HIV/AIDS,” said U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, for whom Collins worked as an adviser.
Collins is the author of Improving Outcomes: Blueprint for a National AIDS Plan for the United States. He was a consultant for the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy, as well as for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he coordinated the Global HIV Prevention Working Group. He is co-founder of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.
Under Pelosi he developed the first congressional legislation designed to provide incentives for the development and delivery of vaccines against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
