Lester Crawford

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Dr. Lester Crawford was an Advisory Board of Prevail Partners LLC.
Prior to joining the company, Dr. Crawford was the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner.
He was also the Chair of the Department of Physiology-Pharmacology at the University of Georgia, the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Deputy Commissioner of FDA.
Dr. Crawford also served as the Director of Georgetown University's Food and Nutrition Policy and at Virginia Tech.
He also served as an advisor to the World Health Organization.
Dr. Crawford was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the International Society of Food Science and Technology.
He was inducted into the French Academy of Veterinary Medicine, and was also given the Wooldridge Award - the highest award given by the British Veterinary Association.
Dr. Crawford finished his Doctor of Veterinary Medicin at Auburn University, and his PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Georgia.
He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Budapest University.

Former positions of Lester Crawford

Companies	Position	End
US Food & Drug Administration US Food & Drug Administration General GovernmentGovernment US Food & Drug Administration operates agencies to protect health and human services. It protects and promotes public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, cosmetics, animal foods and feed and veterinary products. The company was founded by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley on 30th June, 1906 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2005-09-22
World Health Organization World Health Organization SupranationalGovernment World Health Organization provides voluntary medical services. It is the United Nations' agency for health. WHO is governed by countries that approve funding, programs and policies related to public health and health related social issues through the world health assembly. Some of the health and social issues which the organization addresses are communicable & non-communicable diseases, community & family health, hunger, health technology, mental health, pharmaceuticals and sustainable development. Founded on April 7, 1948, the organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.	Consultant / Advisor	-
Prevail Partners LLC Prevail Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Prevail Partners LLC (Prevail Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prevail Infoworks,Inc founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennylvania.	Director/Board Member	-

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Auburn University	Doctorate Degree
University of Georgia	Doctorate Degree

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