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Brian Meshkin, Michael Leavitt; Jean-Pierre Millon, Don Williams

Mar 12, 2015

Proove Biosciences appointed its Founder and CEO Brian Meshkin, along with three others, to its board. They are Michael Levitt, Jean-Pierre Millon, and Don Williams. 

Leavitt is the former governor of Utah and secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Millon is the former president and CEO of PCS Health Systems and a board member of CVS Health, and Williams is the former national leader of audit, tax, and advisory firm Grant Thornton's life sciences practice.

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