 Jay
S. Poole
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Phillip Morris Management Corporation
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Jay S. Poole serves as the Vice President of Corporate Communications at Philip
Morris Management Corporation. The Philip Morris family of companies is
the world’s largest producer and marketer of consumer packaged goods. After
joining Philip Morris in 1987, he served as Vice President, Agriculture Relations,
and then External Affairs. In his current post since 2000, Poole, now based
in New York, is currently responsible for establishing and maintaining proactive
communications initiatives at Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Prior to joining Philip Morris, Poole was Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator
Mitch McConnell for agricultural, tobacco, and trade matters for three years. He
joined the USDA in 1978 as a County Executive Director in Russell County, Virginia,
where he administered federal farm programs for the county’s 2,500 farmers.
Poole is the Rector of the Board of Visitors at Radford University and Chairman
of the Virginia Ag in the Classroom Foundation. In addition, he serves on
the Executive Committee of the Virginia Tech Athletics Fund, the Foundation Board
of the Science Museum of Virginia and is on the Board of Directors of the Richmond
Sports Backers.
Poole, a Virginia native, graduated from Virginia Tech in 1978 with a degree
in agricultural education.
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