Printable Biography of Michael Colopy

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Mr. Colopy began his career as an aide in the US House and Senate interpreting complex international issues for Members of Congress in ways they could explain to their constituents. His singular effectiveness in foreign policy presentations to the US business community has put him at the top of his profession. Educated at Princeton University in history and international affairs, he studied in several countries including Iran, the UK and others prior to working in Washington DC on several major international questions. These included SALT II, the Camp David Accords, the Philippine Bases Agreements, the Taiwan Relations Act, foreign aid and arms control. Among other assignments he was communications advisor to many Members of Congress, a senior aide to Senator John Glenn and assistant chief of staff for the presidential campaign.

Over the last eighteen years, Michael Colopy has similarly assisted a broad mix of American business executives and foreign clients. In 1988 he co-founded International Commerce Consultants Incorporated (ICCI) in McLean Virginia with affiliates in six countries, specializing in foreign policy and trade issues in East Asia with special focus on the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, logging more than fifty extended visits to the region. In 1992 Michael Colopy became a partner at the legislative and international trade firm, O'Connor & Hannan, the first non-lawyer -- as the Wall Street Journal noted, to be elected a general partner in a US law firm.

In November 2004 Michael Colopy was asked by Aristotle International to design and manage a communications strategy for the company's remarkably effective fraud monitoring effort in Ukraine in support of the pro-reform coalition opposed to the Russian-back quasi-dictatorship in Kiev. The dramatic events the world saw on television as the populace rose up against the fraudulent presidential election produced eventual success for democracy, a stunning reversal Michael Colopy assisted and witnessed firsthand.

Michael Colopy has advised several major US corporations such as GE, BellSouth, ECI, Corning and many smaller enterprises on China's political and economic agenda, anticipating and interpreting events to advance success. Despite a long-standing preference for low profile advisory roles, more recently he has become recognized in the US business community as a highly rated lecturer before executive conferences and general audiences. He is best known for his arresting presentation style, incisive grasp of world events and his accurate forecasting of leadership and policy changes in China and the region.

Michael Colopy's accessible, erudite and witty assessments of international issues and crises has brought him appearances at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the National Press Club, keynote addresses at corporate meetings and numerous business conference presenations. Besides television news appearances, Michael Colopy has authored opinion/editorial pieces in major publications as diverse as The Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, Japan's Nikkei Weekly and ghostwritten many more for elected officials and business leaders.

Michael Colopy's outside interests include wildlife photography, spanning two decades of natural history documentary work for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and providing arresting images widely used by federal, state, academic and civic organizations.