David Nelson
Source: AARP.org | 2009-03-17
Member, AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2014
J. David Nelson, of Old Greenwich, Conn., is a member of the AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2014. He serves on the Board Audit and Finance Committee and is also a member of the AARP Foundation Board of Directors.
Mr. Nelson is executive vice chairman of VaporStream Inc., a software company from Chicago that has created an innovative application that provides effective private email communications that are read and then gone forever, also reducing the unnecessary costs of email storage and maintenance.
Mr. Nelson is the former chief operating officer of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an $18 million nonprofit educational foundation focused on teaching entrepreneurial and life skills to young people from low-income communities. Previously, he had an extensive career with IBM spanning 33 years. His positions included marketing executive of Global Financial Markets (IBM Corporation); general manager of Banking Finance and Securities (IBM Greater China); and senior director of Wholesale Banking and Securities Industries (IBM Global Services), among others.
As a volunteer, Mr. Nelson is currently on the advisory board of Envision EMI, a company creating unique experiences for high achieving young people; a mentor to graduate students at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management; a board member of the Stamford, Conn., Women's Business Development Center and chair of the Center's Strategic Planning Committee; and a member in multiple capacities of Stamford's World Affairs Forum.
Mr. Nelson was named a Purpose Prize Fellow by Civic Ventures and received an Alumni Service Award from the Kellogg School of Management; received numerous achievement awards from IBM; and was honored as a lecturer at both Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management.
Mr. Nelson earned his M.B.A. in marketing and his B.A. in history from Northwestern University; he has also participated in various seminars on government operations, management, and finances at the Brookings Institution and Harvard Business School.
