Name Andrea Koppel | Role Strategist | |
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Born November 27, 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-11-27 ) New York City, New York, USA Occupation communications strategist and journalist Parents Ted Koppel, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel Siblings Andrew Koppel, Deirdre Koppel, Tara Koppel Grandparents Edwin Koppel, Alice Koppel Similar People Ted Koppel, Grace Anne Dorney K, Kenneth M Pollack | ||
Haiti Today, Haiti Tomorrow-Introduction by Professor Ruth Wedgewood and Andrea Koppel
Andrea Koppel (born November 27, 1963) is an American communications strategist, and a former TV journalist.
Contents
- Haiti Today Haiti Tomorrow Introduction by Professor Ruth Wedgewood and Andrea Koppel
- 00 Welcome to Time4Coffee w Andrea Koppel
- Personal life
- Education and career
- References
00: Welcome to Time4Coffee w/ Andrea Koppel
Personal life
Koppel was born in New York City, the daughter of Ted Koppel, a television journalist, and Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, an attorney and spokesperson for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her father is Jewish and her mother is Catholic.
Koppel is married to Kenneth Pollack, an intelligence and Middle East analyst.
Education and career
She attended Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a concentration in Chinese language and Asian studies from Middlebury College. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Koppel was a Congressional correspondent for CNN. She served as the network's State Department correspondent from 1998 until March 2006. Koppel joined CNN in 1993 as the network's Tokyo correspondent and in 1995 became CNN's Beijing Bureau Chief.
In February 2008, it was reported that she had joined M+R Strategic Services, a Washington, DC-based public relations firm as chief of its Communications Division.
As of 2010, Koppel was the Director of International Communications for the Red Cross and a director of the Henry L. Stimson Center.
In June 2011, Andrea joined Mercy Corps as its Vice President of Global Engagement and Policy, where she will lead policy and advocacy strategies, and engage the public on issues that most affect Mercy Corps’ programs and beneficiaries.