Allan Coukell, BSc(Pharmacy), is Chief Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer with Civica Inc. (Civica Rx).
He previously served as Senior Director, Health Programs, at The Pew
Charitable Trusts, where he created and led a wide range of public health and health care initiatives. Coukell started his career as a clinical pharmacist in
oncology and also spent many years as a health and science journalist. He previously served on the board of the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA and was a founding board member of the Medical Device
Innovation Consortium.
He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and completed his hospital pharmacy residency at the
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre.