Ms. Penelope J. Rose will occupy Director Fuad El-Hibri’s former seat.
The International Biomedical Research Alliance, a non-profit organization that provides programming and funding support for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, today announced that Penelope J. Rose is joining the Alliance’s Board of Directors. Ms. Rose has diligently served as a volunteer for the past ten years to the Alliance and is the Lead Analyst in Executive Operations at Emergent BioSolutions.
Penelope J. Rose was born in Brisbane, Australia – the daughter of a World War II ANZAC veteran. She spent her childhood equally in England and Australia where she received her Oxford University O levels education. Penelope attended New York University before commencing work as Special Assistant to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (former US Secretary of State) and Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, in New York and Washington DC. This appointment was to last 12 years.
While living in New York City, Penelope volunteered her time in the pediatric department of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital to help ease the fears of children facing hospital stays by offering support and guidance to them and their families. She assisted staff in the therapeutic playrooms or at the child’s bedside in the hospital and worked on activities such as arts & crafts, reading, and playing games with the patients.
In 2005 Penelope became a member of the Global Reference Committee of GEM College of International Business. Since that time, she has contributed to GEM College’s entrepreneurship programs and acted as an advocate for graduate innovators focusing on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) metrics.
Penelope is presently Lead Analyst, Office of the Chairman of the Board, for Emergent BioSolutions, a publicly-traded company that provides specialty products for civilian and military populations that address intentional and naturally emerging public health threats. Penelope’s mentor was the late Fuad El-Hibri, a German American businessman, philanthropist, and the Founder of Emergent BioSolutions. Mr. El-Hibri was also one of the founding members of the International Biomedical Research Alliance. Penelope carries on his spirit of giving in joining the Alliance board in 2022.
Penelope’s management of Mr. El-Hibri’s Corporate Social Responsibility programs instilled a passion for philanthropy, a pursuit that is very dear to her heart. Penelope’s philanthropic assistance has extended to the Yale Healthcare Conference; Johns Hopkins University; Martha’s Vineyard Hospital; Holy Cross Hospital and Scholarship America (a program Penelope conceived and wrote for the benefit of Emergent BioSolutions employee’s children, during which the recipients would have their first year of college tuition paid). Penelope is also a freelance wildlife photographer and avid conservationist.