Michael Khoo

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About Michael Khoo

Michael Khoo brings in-depth experience in campaigns and communications, digital strategy and media relations. His work has focused on climate change disinformation, technology policy, women’s empowerment, reproductive health, environment and food issues, and international development.His clients as executive vice president at Spitfire included the Ford Foundation, Mozilla, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Employment Opportunities, Polaris Project, United Nations Foundation, Open Society Foundation and Running Strong for American Indian Youth.He has blogged about campaigns and communications on Mobilization Lab, E-Politics, Frogloop and Role-Reboot, and has produced two award-winning documentary films, Weathering Change and Empty-Handed.Michael was vice president at the reproductive rights group PAI from 2009-2012 and served as the organization’s interim co-director in 2010. cAt Fenton Communications from 2004-2009, Michael worked with clients such as the Nobel Women’s Initiative, MoveOn.org, and Farmworker Justice. He was vice president and co-founder of Fenton’s Washington online division.Michael was the Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists starting in 2001, where he developed strategies for its corporate and legislative campaigns. In as national campaigner for Greenpeace Canada, Michael developed and launched the organization’s first biotechnology campaign, which helped double Canadian public awareness of the issue and led to the Montreal Protocol, the first international treaty on biotechnology. As lead spokesperson, he performed more than 700 media interviews.Earlier, Michael served as a press officer for the renowned Canadian geneticist, environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki. Michael is of Malaysian-British descent, and resides in Washington, D.C, with his wife Anastasia, who once painted the Internet red.