Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Gilead Sciences

Gregg Alton is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Gilead Sciences, Inc. Mr. Alton joined Gilead in 1999 and is currently responsible for legal affairs, government affairs and health policy and Gilead’s access program. Prior to joining Gilead, Mr. Alton was an attorney at the law firm of Cooley Godward LLP where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnership and corporate finance transactions for healthcare and information technology companies.

Mr. Alton is a member of the board and treasurer of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley.