David R. Curry
David R. Curry is Managing Principal of davidrcurryAssociates, an intellectual services firm
with competencies in nonprofit governance and leadership; strategic planning; market
positioning, brand engineering and reputation management; policy development and
issues management, and knowledge/heritage stewardship, among other specialties.
David is also a co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Vaccine Ethics and
Policy (CVEP), a joint program of the Penn Center for Bioethics, The Wistar Institute
Vaccine Center, and the Vaccine Education Center of the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. CVEP focuses on ethical and policy issues associated with the full vaccine life
cycle from basic discovery and bench science to clinical trials to manufacturing and market
deployment to global public health strategies and immunization campaigns. He became an
Associate Fellow of the Center for Bioethics in 2010 and prior to that appointment was a
Visiting Scholar at the Penn Center for Bioethics from 2005.
Prior to forming davidrcurryAssociates, David served as Vice President, Corporate Public
Affairs for Unisys Corporation, the global, $6 billion information technology services firm.
He was a member of the senior management team for over two decades, during which he
led the company’s public affairs function. In this role he led issues management activities;
corporate brand, market positioning and identity programs; executive, customer, and
employee communications; the company's network of corporate and research libraries
and historical archives; civic development and community relations; philanthropic and
sponsorship programs; sales and marketing development programs, and a range of
special corporate initiatives. He directly supported special requirements for the Office of
The Chairman during four successive Unisys CEOs from 1983 to 2002.
David enjoys a strong record of leadership and governance service with nonprofit
organizations in the sciences, arts and education sectors. He currently serves on the
Advisory Council for Center for the Future of Museums (American Association of
Museums), on the board of the International Literacy Institute/National Center for Adult
Literacy of the University of Pennsylvania, and on the Executive Committee of the Hilton
Humanitarian Prize Collaborative.
He recently completed nine years of service as a trustee of The Franklin Institute Science
Museum (Philadelphia). He has served on the board of the Philadelphia Committee on City
Policy, and as a member of the Executive Committee of The Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
Earlier, David served on the board of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the board of
Arts Midwest, the seven-state, regional arts service organization involved in a range of
arts programming and granting management of National Endowment for the Arts and
other funds.
He served as president of the board of The Arts Foundation of Michigan, as vice president
of the board of the Friends of Detroit Public Library, and as chairman of the Michigan
Center for the Book (Library of Congress), among others. He is President Emeritus and
served on the Board of Governors of the Germantown Cricket Club (Philadelphia, 1854),
one of the oldest and most diverse private athletic and social clubs in the nation. He has
been honored by a range of organizations for his governance and leadership service.
David earned a B.A. in Philosophy with High Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the
Honors Program at Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan. He also holds an MS in
Information and Library Science from Wayne. He earned a Scientific Honors diploma from
the University of Detroit Jesuit High School.
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David R. Curry is Managing Principal of davidrcurryAssociates, an intellectual services firm
with competencies in nonprofit governance and leadership; strategic planning; market
positioning, brand engineering and reputation management; policy development and
issues management, and knowledge/heritage stewardship, among other specialties.
David is also a co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Vaccine Ethics and
Policy (CVEP), a joint program of the Penn Center for Bioethics, The Wistar Institute
Vaccine Center, and the Vaccine Education Center of the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. CVEP focuses on ethical and policy issues associated with the full vaccine life
cycle from basic discovery and bench science to clinical trials to manufacturing and market
deployment to global public health strategies and immunization campaigns. He became an
Associate Fellow of the Center for Bioethics in 2010 and prior to that appointment was a
Visiting Scholar at the Penn Center for Bioethics from 2005.
Prior to forming davidrcurryAssociates, David served as Vice President, Corporate Public
Affairs for Unisys Corporation, the global, $6 billion information technology services firm.
He was a member of the senior management team for over two decades, during which he
led the company’s public affairs function. In this role he led issues management activities;
corporate brand, market positioning and identity programs; executive, customer, and
employee communications; the company's network of corporate and research libraries
and historical archives; civic development and community relations; philanthropic and
sponsorship programs; sales and marketing development programs, and a range of
special corporate initiatives. He directly supported special requirements for the Office of
The Chairman during four successive Unisys CEOs from 1983 to 2002.
David enjoys a strong record of leadership and governance service with nonprofit
organizations in the sciences, arts and education sectors. He currently serves on the
Advisory Council for Center for the Future of Museums (American Association of
Museums), on the board of the International Literacy Institute/National Center for Adult
Literacy of the University of Pennsylvania, and on the Executive Committee of the Hilton
Humanitarian Prize Collaborative.
He recently completed nine years of service as a trustee of The Franklin Institute Science
Museum (Philadelphia). He has served on the board of the Philadelphia Committee on City
Policy, and as a member of the Executive Committee of The Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
Earlier, David served on the board of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the board of
Arts Midwest, the seven-state, regional arts service organization involved in a range of
arts programming and granting management of National Endowment for the Arts and
other funds.
He served as president of the board of The Arts Foundation of Michigan, as vice president
of the board of the Friends of Detroit Public Library, and as chairman of the Michigan
Center for the Book (Library of Congress), among others. He is President Emeritus and
served on the Board of Governors of the Germantown Cricket Club (Philadelphia, 1854),
one of the oldest and most diverse private athletic and social clubs in the nation. He has
been honored by a range of organizations for his governance and leadership service.
David earned a B.A. in Philosophy with High Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the
Honors Program at Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan. He also holds an MS in
Information and Library Science from Wayne. He earned a Scientific Honors diploma from
the University of Detroit Jesuit High School.
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