Emergent Biosolutions announces appointment of Jay Coupe to Board of Directors
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced appointment of Jay Coupe to its Board of Directors. Mr. Coupe is the president of Coupe Associates, an international public policy and marketing consulting firm with clients in the United States, Europe and Asia. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in English literature and received a Master's Degree in International Communications from Boston University. His association with Emergent BioSolutions and its subsidiary, BioPort Corporation, extends back to 1998, when BioPort was formed.
During his 26-year naval career, Mr. Coupe specialized in public and political affairs, working in major Washington agencies and joint and Allied commands in Vietnam, the Republic of China, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy. He retired as a Captain in 1988 and formed Coupe Associates. In 1998-99, Mr. Coupe served as Chief of Staff of the State Department Commission investigating the American Embassy bombings in East Africa. In January, 2001, he became a Special Advisor to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Mr. Coupe interacts on a regular basis with leading industry leaders and government officials.
Mr. Coupe serves on the Board of Trustees of John Cabot University in Rome and on the Board of Directors of ETI Engineering, a leading producer of intelligence intercept equipment. He is on the Advisory Board of the Fulbright Commission and the Temple Bar Foundation. Among his languages are Italian, Spanish, German, Vietnamese and Chinese (Mandarin).
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