Andrea Koppel

Andrea Koppel is an award-winning, internationally renowned journalist with more than two decades of experience covering many of the biggest stories and events in the U.S. and across the globe. For the last 14 years she worked as a correspondent for CNN reporting from diverse posts, from Africa to China, covering three secretaries of state and two presidents. Koppel brings her experience in the field, and her journalistic prowess, to shed light on American policies and domestic issues, as well as on issues that impact the world at large.

In December 2003, Koppel - at the time eight months pregnant - was the first to secure a coveted exclusive interview with Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, during which he publicly announced his country would shut down its program to develop weapons of mass destruction. She spent 10 days in Libya - much of that time as the only U.S. journalist allowed in.

Over the course of her career Koppel secured numerous other exclusive interviews with world leaders such as China's former President Jiang Zemin before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997 and President Lee Teng-hui, after he became Taiwan's first democratically elected president. She also reported extensively on Arab-Israeli peace talks between 1998-2006 including the Wye River, Shepherdstown, and Camp David II negotiations.

Over the years Koppel has consistently set herself apart from her peers with in-depth reporting and enlightening interviews with world leaders, politicians, dissidents and social activists. She speaks with authority and aplomb about the current state of culture, across the continents and brings her vast knowledge and integrity as a reporter to every presentation.