Andrea Koppel is an American communications strategist, and a former television journalist.
Background
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 (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Her father is Jewish and her mother is Catholic.
Education
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.
Career
She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Koppel was a Congressional correspondent for Cable News Network. She served as the network"s State Department correspondent from 1998 until March 2006. Koppel joined Cable News Network in 1993 as the network"s Tokyo correspondent and in 1995 became Cable News Network"s Beijing Bureau Chief.
In February 2008, it was reported that she had joined M+R Strategic Services, a Washington, District of Columbia-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.