Allen Shofe
Allen Shofe is an American business executive and partner at the lobbying firm of Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies. He is a contributor to the Security and Defence Agenda ; and was a delegate to the 2008 international meeting of the United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction.
Notable work
Legislative issues
In 2018, Shofe teamed with John Milne and Jeff Wiener to form a bi-partisan consulting firm, Washington DC-based Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies. The firm counts Emergent BioSolutions, the American Postal Workers Union, Preservation Technologies and the American Suntanning Association among its clients.Shofe formerly worked for Emergent Biosolutions where he specialized in government, public and corporate affairs. He was promoted four times between 2005 and 2013. His concluding position was Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs. In 2010, Emergent appointed Shofe to serve as the Company Director of Emergent Product Development UK Limited.
The following table provides a sample of public policy issues and government programs for which Allen Shofe has advocated.
| Issue | What it does | Lobbying actions | Issue resources |
| Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority | BARDA is the legal authority given to the U.S. government to develop and purchase vaccines, drugs and other tools for public health emergencies. | Supported passage | U.S. law giving legal authority for BARDA provided by the Cornell University Law School |
| Emergency authorization to suspend the "transatlantic licensing system" | An emergency authorization would have suspended a system of complex regulations that made it difficult for European nations to purchase bioterrrism countermeasures from the United States. | Proposed and advocated emergency authorization and public-private partnersipss to address issue | The "" 2009 report published by the Security & Defence Agenda |
| Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act | PAHPRA was legislation reauthorized the BARDA and Project BioShield programs. | Supported passage | from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Full text of final law from the U.S. Government Printing Office to resources provided by the Food and Drug Administration |
| Project BioShield | The Project Bioshield Act was an act passed by the United States Congress in 2004 calling for $5 billion for purchasing vaccines that would be used in the event of a bioterrorist attack. | Supported passage | passed in 2004 provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Political
Shofe served on Capitol Hill in Washington from 2001 to 2002 as Chief of Staff to Congressman Gil Gutknecht, a U.S. representative who served in Congress from 1995 to 2006 representing Minnesota’s 1st congressional district. Shofe also worked on the staff of Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, and as campaign director for the Minnesota Republican Senate Caucus and Republican Party.Shofe served as senior advisor to former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman when Huntsman ran for President in 2012. Roll Call wrote that Shofe "would handle Member relations for Huntsman if he runs." Shofe served on the host committee for a Huntsman fundraiser in Washington, D.C. in 2011.
Shofe serves as Vice President of the International Security & Biopolicy Institute. The Institute, founded in 2009, is a not-for-profit, non-partisan Washington DC organization focused on addressing the challenges and opportunities of emerging bioscience from a global perspective. Shofe is also a member of Business Executives for National Security. Its role is to support the U.S. government by applying best business practice solutions to its most difficult national security problems.