Michelle Bernard

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Michelle Bernard
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Born Michelle Denise Bernard
(1963-07-30) July 30, 1963 (age 60)
Washington, D.C., USA
Residence Montgomery County, Maryland
Education Georgetown University Law Center
Howard University
Occupation Journalist, Author, Lawyer, Columnist
Political party Independent
Website bernardcenter.org

Michelle Denise Bernard (born July 30, 1963, Washington, D.C.)[1] is an American journalist, political analyst, lawyer, author, and President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy.

Early Life and Career

Bernard graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in Philosophy and a minor in Political Science. She has a J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and was a partner at the lobbyist and law firm Patton Boggs. In 2000, she was a member of the Bush-Cheney Presidential Inaugural Committee. She was formerly President and CEO of Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Voice.[2] She was the chair for the District of Columbia's Redevelopment Land Agency, which negotiated the public-private financing of the District's MCI Arena.[3][4]

Bernard is a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, and is frequently a panelist on Al Jazeera,[5] CNN,[6] NPR and The McLaughlin Group. She is also a contributor for 'The Seventy-Four',[7][8]The Root, The Washington Post's[9] "She the People," and the Huffington Post.[10]

She is an Independent[3]

She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hampton University and sits on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Opportunity in Education and the Executive Board of the International Women's Forum of Washington, D.C. where she is the Leadership Foundation Liaison.[11][12][13] Additionally, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence,[14] and a speaker for the Washington Speaker's Bureau.[15]

Her family heritage is Jamaican American, saying in an interview with Bill Steigerwald, "My parents are American citizens, but they come from Jamaica. I was raised with very American and Jamaican values. In our culture, we have a very strong sense of pride and of family honor and of self-reliance."[16]

Awards

Bernard was named the Spring 2015 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics by Iowa State University on March 23, 2015.[17] She received the Anvil of Freedom Award for Journalism and Democracy from the University of Denver's Estlow International Center for Journalism & New Media on January 23, 2015.[18] Also, she was named in the November 2014 of Essence Magazine as a Rising Star in their Money & Power list.[19]

Personal

She was remarried on December 27, 2014[citation needed] and lives in Potomac, MD with her husband and two children from her previous marriage.[20][21][22] She divorced CNN correspondent Joe Johns in 2008.[23]

Bibliography

  • Bernard, Michelle D. (2013), Moving America Toward Justice: The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, 1963-2013, The Donning Company Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57864-849-8
  • Bernard, Michelle D. (2007), Women’s Progress: How Women Are Wealthier, Healthier, and More Independent Than Ever Before, Spence Pub. ISBN 1-890626-69-4

References

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  2. ↑ Ronnee Schreiber, 'Pro-Women, Pro-Palin, Antifeminist: Conservative Women and Conservative Movement Politics', in Crisis of Conservatism? The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, & American Politics After Bush, Gillian Peele, Joel D. Aberbach (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 135
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 C-SPAN Q&A with Michelle Bernard. C-SPAN. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11
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  5. ↑ Bernard, Michelle Is the US Election Season Too Long?. Al Jazeera. June 6, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015
  6. ↑ Bernard, Michelle Smerconish transcript CNN.14 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014
  7. ↑ Bernard, Michelle The74million.org Journalism Advisory Board. www.the74million.org. June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015
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  9. ↑ Bernard, Michelle Congress cannot ignore violence against women in Syria. Washington Post September 6, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014
  10. ↑ Bernard, Michelle Amma Asante's 'Belle' May Lead to Real Freedom for Women Around the World. Huffington Post. May 14, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014
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  16. ↑ Bill Steigerwald, "Michelle Bernard Looks for the Right McCain" "Anderson Free Press" August 29, 2008 http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11642
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