Chief Executive Officer, Global Virus Network
Treasurer & Emeritus Executive Chair, GVN Board
GVN Board Executive Committee
Chairman & CEO, Evins Communications, Ltd.

Biography

Mathew L. Evins is a founding board member and Emeritus Executive Chair of the Global Virus Network (GVN) and currently serves as the organization’s Treasurer and Managing Executive/CEO. Since its inception, he has played a central role in GVN’s development, helping guide its mission to prepare for, defend against, and provide an integrated first research response to existing, emerging, and unidentified viruses that pose a clear and present threat to public health, including COVID-19. 

In addition to his leadership at GVN, Mr. Evins is Chairman and CEO of EVINS Communications, an award-winning brand marketing communications and public relations firm specializing in the premium, prestige, and luxury sectors. He previously served as CEO of Pain Therapeutics Corporation, President of Cardiff Consultants, and Vice President of Vector Petroleum Corporation. 

While an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, he co-created and co-published The Talisman Report, which became the world’s leading investment advisory newsletter during its three years of publication. He also served on the staff of Cornell Medical Center for more than six years, where he was the youngest individual ever to hold such a position at an academic medical center in the United States.