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After Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Coté assisted recovery efforts in Louisiana and worked with the Clinton
Foundation, Climate Change Initiative. He designed and provided a environmentally friendly buildings
for a demonstration project that included high-performance energy efficient buildings used as classrooms
and housing. He donated a building to the city of New Orleans and worked with Mayor Ray Nagin and Dr. Edward Blakely, the
recovery chief. At a FEMA group site Mr. Coté worked with Save the Children and
grass-roots nonprofit organizations supporting community centered activities for young disaster
victims. Additionally, he wrote grant requests to the TANF/Louisiana Family Recovery Corps’s Summer
Camp program, to the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, the Greater New Orleans (GNO) After School Partnership, and
the United Way. These grants were approved and provided young inner city disaster victims with physical
activities in a structured environment.
Mr. Coté has worked with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Electric
Utilities under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to the Acid Rain Program, Title IV, which created
legislation for an innovative sulfur dioxide (S02) allowance trading component to reduce
emissions. As the agent of one the nation’s largest energy producers, he served in compliance
planning for two dozen utilities, and testified as an expert witness at the Public Utility Commission
hearings on market based solutions. He served as senior policy advisor to the New York Mercantile
Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX).
Working with the U.S. Department of State on The Commercial & Humanitarian Initiative, Mr. Coté
helped children trapped in refugee camps throughout Southeast Asia. These children could not go home
safely because of geopolitical issues. He, with others, was instrumental in accelerating the return
of the remains of American service personnel missing from the Vietnam War. Mr. Coté received
acknowledgment from President Reagan and participated the National League of Families of Prisoners
and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia annual conferences.
Mr. Coté's executive protection expertise includes designing and marketing armored cars and architectural armored systems unitizing advanced light-weight ballistic materials. He was a counter- terrorist driving instructor and trained drivers in the Middle East, Fortune 500 executives, undercover agents and diplomats.
On Good Morning America, Mr. Coté demonstrated high speed defensive driving and vehicle safety.
He was personally interviewed by Leeza Gibbons about executive protection. He has been widely
cited in trade journals and broadcast media related to counter-terrorism, allowance training
and energy efficiency building science.
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