Michelle Bernard

Michelle Bernard
Born	Michelle D. Bernard 1964 (age 46–47) Washington, D.C., USA
Education	Georgetown University Howard University
Occupation	Journalist, Author, Columnist

Michelle D. Bernard (born 1964, Washington, D.C.) is an American journalist, political analyst, author, and President and CEO of the conservative Bernard Center. She was formerly President and CEO of Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Voice.

Biography

Bernard graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy. 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 the chair for the District of Columbia's Redevelopment Land Agency.

Bernard is a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, and is frequently a panelist on the The McLaughlin Group. In 2007, Bernard authored Women’s Progress: How Women Are Wealthier, Healthier, and More Independent Than Ever Before. She is also a Sunday columnist for The Washington Examiner.

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."^[1]

She is the mother of two children and is married to, though now separated from, CNN correspondent Joe Johns. ^[2]

References

1. ^ Bill Steigerwald, "Michelle Bernard Looks for the Right McCain" "Anderson Free Press" August 29, 2008 http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11642
2. ^ Cook, John (April 9, 2009). "Softball Interview Question Leads to Awkward Answer". Gawker. http://gawker.com/5205389/softball-interview-question-leads-to-awkward-answer. Retrieved September 2, 2009. 

• "Michelle Bernard". Q&A. C-SPAN. 15 June 2008. http://www.qanda.org/Program/index.asp?ProgramID=1184. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 
• "Michelle D. Bernard". Independent Women's Forum. 2008. http://www.iwf.org/info/show/20320.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 

Bibliography

• Bernard, Michelle D. (2007), Women’s Progress: How Women Are Wealthier, Healthier, and More Independent Than Ever Before, Spence Pub. ISBN 1890626694

External links

• Michelle Bernard at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Bernard, Michelle
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Date of birth	1964
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., USA
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