Citizenship United States Occupation Lobbyist | Name Allen Shofe | |
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Education L.L.M. Master of Laws
B.A. International Relations Alma mater University of Leicester School of Law
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Title Executive Vice President and President, Corporate Affairs Division Employer Emergent BioSolutions, Eli Lilly | ||
Allen Shofe is an American business executive at vaccine producer Emergent BioSolutions; contributor to the Security and Defence Agenda (security and defense stakeholders among the European Union, NATO, and foreign governments); and delegate to the 2008 international meeting of the United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction.
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Legislative issues
Shofe started working for Emergent in 2005. He has specialized in government, public and corporate affairs. He was promoted four times between 2005 and 2013. His current position is Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs. In 2010, Emergent appointed Shofe to serve as the Company Director of Emergent Product Development Uk Limited.
The following table provides a sample of public policy issues and government programs for which Allen Shofe has advocated.
Political
Shofe served on Capitol Hill in Washington from 2001 to 2002 as Chief of Staff to Congressman Gil Gutknecht, a U.S. representative who served in Congress from 1995 to 2006 representing Minnesota’s 1st congressional district. Shofe also worked on the staff of Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, and as campaign director for the Minnesota Republican Senate Caucus and Republican Party.
Shofe served as senior advisor to former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman when Huntsman ran for President in 2012. Roll Call wrote that Shofe "would handle Member relations for Huntsman if he runs." Shofe served on the host committee for a Huntsman fundraiser in Washington, D.C. in 2011.
Shofe serves as Vice President of the International Security & Biopolicy Institute. The Institute, founded in 2009, is a not-for-profit, non-partisan Washington DC organization focused on addressing the challenges and opportunities of emerging bioscience from a global perspective. Shofe is also a member of Business Executives for National Security. Its role is to support the U.S. government by applying best business practice solutions to its most difficult national security problems.
Philanthropic
Shofe serves on the Board of Directors of the Opera Lafayette in Washington, D.C. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the El Hibri Foundation, a group that funds grants that incubate or develop new ideas and supports orphans in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon. In 2013, the MdBio Foundation appointed Shofe to its board of directors.