Trevor Neilson, President

Trevor has designed and implemented strategies for a number of the world's leading philanthropists, including Bill Gates, President Bill Clinton, Bono, Sir Richard Branson, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Shakira and has been involved in the creation and implementation of many of the world's most respected philanthropic initiatives. He has extensive experience in addressing global and domestic challenges including disease, poverty, education, child welfare, conflict, refugees, emergency relief and the environment.

Trevor served on the national steering committee for Cleantech and Green Business Leaders for Obama, a constituency group of President Obama's campaign, and continues to work with the White House on issues related to renewable energy and green-collar job creation.

Trevor helped create Bono's Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA) organization which is now called the ONE campaign, and continues to serve on its policy board. He served as Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC), which was created with investments from Bill Gates, George Soros and Ted Turner and represented more than 220 multinational companies with philanthropic interests related to global health and the AIDS pandemic.

At GBC, Trevor reported to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and currently President Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Prior to his work with the GBC, Trevor served as the Director of Public Affairs and Director of Special Projects for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest foundation. Trevor managed a variety of politically sensitive projects and relationships for the foundation and also served as an advisor to Bill and Melinda Gates on issues outside of their philanthropic work.

Trevor also served in the White House during the Clinton administration, travelling on behalf of the White House to over twenty countries around the world.

Trevor is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the advisory boards of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Genocide Intervention Network and Global Action for Children.

He is also a senior advisor to global communications company APCO Worldwide, was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and is an active member of the Clinton Global Initiative. Neilson attended Washington State University, and served as a Visiting Practitioner at the Georgetown University Center for Public and Non-profit Leadership.