title: David A. Kessler
text: David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental).  He was the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997.
  
  On November 9, 2020, Kessler was announced as one of the three co-chairs of Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, alongside former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith in his administration.
  
  He was the head of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government program to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines and other treatment, from January to February 2021.
  
  References
  
  Other websites
   Official FDA Bio
   David A. Kessler Named New Dean of UCSF School of Medicine 
   "Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction" - video by Democracy Now!
  
  1951 births
  Living people
  Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration
  Lawyers from New York City
  Writers from New York City