Michael Khoo, Vice President of Communications

Michael Khoo is Vice President of Communications for Population Action International. Khoo came to PAI in 2009 with 14 years experience in strategic communications for progressive organizations focused on politics, the environment, health, and international issues. He was Vice President at Fenton Communications from 2004-2009 where he worked with clients such as the Nobel Women's Initiative, MoveOn.org, Friends of the Earth, Step It Up, Farmworker Justice, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Pew Health and Human Services. He led Fenton’s Washington online division and specializes in communications strategy, media relations, and online marketing.

Prior to joining Fenton, Khoo was the Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists, where he developed online and offline communications strategies and tactics for its corporate and legislative campaigns. His work with UCS contributed to McDonald's landmark decision in 2003 to reduce the use of antibiotics in its meat production, and it helped secure the first Republican co-sponsor of Senate legislation. He also served as a spokesperson for UCS, authoring op-eds and outreach materials.

As national campaigner for Greenpeace Canada, Khoo developed and launched the organization's first biotechnology campaign in 1999, which doubled Canadian public awareness of the issue and led to the first international treaty on biotechnology. As lead spokesperson he performed more than 700 media interviews. As part of the campaign, Khoo also developed the funding necessary to start the first Canadian college-level course on organic agriculture at Guelph University in Ontario.

Earlier, Khoo served as a press officer for the renowned Canadian geneticist, environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki. He was a campaigner with the Toronto Environmental Alliance and before that was an independent music publicist. He resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Anastasia.