Allen Shofe

Allen Shofe is an American biopharmaceutical business executive and internationally recognized bioterrorism preparedness expert. Mr. Shofe serves as a senior executive at Emergent BioSolutions, a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Mr. Shofe also serves as a Trustee at the ECF Foundation, and serves on the boards of directors at the Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium (OETC) Ltd, Opera Lafayette, and Emergent Product Development Germany GmbH.

Mr. Shofe currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Emergent BioSolutions. He is also a Managing Director. Mr. Shofe is in charge of “designing, implementing and overseeing all aspects of the company's domestic and international government affairs initiatives.”

Previously, Mr. Shofe worked as a government relations executive at Eli Lilly and Company, where he ran government relations initiatives covering intellectual property and patent law reform.

He has also served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Gil Gutknecht; head of corporate and regulatory affairs-Middle East and North Africa at BAT Industries; Division manager at 3M; aide to former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson; and Campaign Director for the Minnesota Republican Senate Caucus.

Education
Mr. Shofe earned his LLM Master of Laws degree from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota, earning a degree in International Relations. Shofe was also a Senior Executive Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Jon Huntsman for President
Shofe served as senior advisor and head of congressional relations to Governor Jon Huntsman’s 2012 presidential campaign., .

Minnesota GOP
Shofe worked as the campaign director for the Minnesota Republican Senate Caucus and Republican Party from 1987 to 1990.

Corporate Boards
In addition to his full-time role at Emergent BioSolutions, Mr. Shofe serves on the board of directors for the El-Hibri Foundation, Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium (OETC) Ltd, Opera Lafayette, and Emergent Product Development Germany GmbH.

In June 2013, Shofe was appointed to the Board of Directors at MdBio Foundation, a private charitable organization with a goal to support bioscience awareness, education, and workforce development in Maryland. MdBio Foundation is an affiliate of the Tech Council of Maryland.

Global Biopreparedness and Biopharmaceutical Working Groups and Initiatives
Between 2009 and 2012, Mr. Shofe played an internationally prominent role in global biopreparedness and biopharmaceutical conferences, working groups, and initiatives.

2012-CBRNE Asia Pacific Conference
In 2012, BioPrepWatch reported that Mr. Shofe presented to military officials, government officials, and industry experts at the CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and Explosives) Asia Pacific Conference in Singapore. According to BioPrepWatch, “Shofe discussed the myths of bioterrorism, the chain of how bioterrorism occurs, the timeline of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the lessons learned from the attacks and more recent events related to anthrax.”

2011-Anthrax: Threat and Response
Mr. Shofe and Emergent BioSolutions co-hosted the “Anthrax: Threat and Response” conference in September 2011. According to BioPrepWatch, the conference “featured topics on threat detection, anthrax prevention through vaccination, global response strategies, research programs, hospital and medical chain preparedness, and decontamination of critical infrastructure.”

2010-Bioterrorism forum for NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In the spring of 2010, Mr. Shofe and Emergent BioSolutions hosted a biopreparedness forum for members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. According to an article published on May 7, 2010: “The forum provided an overview of the U.S. approach to bioterrorism prevention, the role of the Department of Defense and the importance of coordination of international efforts. The visiting delegation, led by NATO Officers of the Science and Technology Committee, is composed of parliamentarians from representative NATO nations including Canada, the Czech Republic, France, and Portugal. The forum took place in Washington, D.C.”

2009-Security and Defense Agenda
Security, defense, and health officials from European nations met on October 14, 2009 to discuss biopreparedness, pandemics, and bioterrorism attacks. Mr. Shofe and Emergent BioSolutions hosted the Security and Defense Agenda, which included presenters from NATO, the European Commission, and the Office of the EU counterterrorism coordinator. According to BioPrepWatch, “ ‘Today’s roundtable is particularly timely as the European Commission had recently launched its CBRN Action Plan, which provides a solid foundation for increased biopreparedness,’ said Allen Shofe…”