Michael ColopySpeaker and Booking Agent Information

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.