Michelle Bernard Explained

Michelle Bernard
Birthname:Michelle Denise Bernard
Birth Date:30 July 1963
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education:Georgetown University Law Center (JD)
Howard University (BA)
Occupation:Journalist, author, lawyer, columnist
Party:Independent

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.

Education

Bernard graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in philosophy and a minor in political science. She has a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Early life and career

She 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 frequently a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, Al Jazeera,[5] CNN,[6] NPR and The McLaughlin Group. She is a columnist for Roll Call;[7] and also a contributor for 'The Seventy-Four',[8] [9] The Root, The Washington Post's[10] "She the People," and the Huffington Post.[11]

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.[12] [13] [14] Additionally, she is a member of the advisory board of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence,[15] and a speaker for the Washington Speaker's Bureau.[16]

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."[17]

Awards

Personal life

Bernard was married to CNN correspondent Joe Johns until the couple divorced in 2008.[22] [23] [24] [25] Bernard remarried in 2014 and lives in Potomac, Maryland with her two children from her previous marriage. Her second husband, Keith Bell, passed away in 2019.[26]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Current Biography Yearbook 2011. 2011. H.W. Wilson. Ipswich, MA. 9780824211219. 65–67. Bernard, Michelle. https://archive.org/details/currentbiography0000unse_z0h6/page/65.
  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. http://www.c-span.org/video/?205250-1/qa-michelle-bernard C-SPAN Q&A with Michelle Bernard
  4. Web site: Women and Men, Work and Power. fastcompany.com. February 1998. 15 July 2015.
  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 Masthead CQ Roll Call. Roll Call March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016
  8. Bernard, Michelle The74million.org Journalism Advisory Board. www.the74million.org. June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015
  9. Web site: When Parents Are Arrested for 'Stealing' a Public Education. YouTube. 4 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150804215649/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftea2eF2fdM. 4 August 2015. 3 August 2015.
  10. Bernard, Michelle Congress cannot ignore violence against women in Syria. Washington Post September 6, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014
  11. 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
  12. Web site: Bernard. Michelle. HU to Host Town Hall Meeting. hamptonu.edu. 22 August 2014. 23 January 2014.
  13. Web site: Bernard. Michelle. ABOUT THE COALITION. opportunityined.org. 12 December 2014. 12 December 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20141213010220/http://opportunityined.org/about-the-coalition/. 13 December 2014.
  14. Web site: Bernard. Michelle. IWFDC Our Members - IWFDC. iwfdc.org. 12 December 2014. 12 December 2014.
  15. Web site: Bernard. Michelle. ABCTE. abcte.org. 12 December 2014. 12 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217095114/http://abcte.org/about-us/board/. 17 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Bernard. Michelle. Michelle Bernard - Washington Speaker's Bureau. www.washingtonspeakers.com. 19 August 2014.
  17. Bill Steigerwald, "Michelle Bernard Looks for the Right McCain" "Anderson Free Press" August 29, 2008 https://archive.today/20120717093553/http://www.andersonfreepress.net/node/11642
  18. Web site: Charter Day Howard University. howard.edu. 1 February 2016. 23 February 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160211094521/http://www.howard.edu/charterday/awards.htm. 11 February 2016.
  19. Web site: The Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. cattcenter.las.iastate.edu. 23 March 2015. 15 July 2015.
  20. Web site: Anvil of Freedom. estlow.org. 23 January 2015. 7 February 2015.
  21. Web site: Risings Stars: Michelle Bernard. essence.com. 2 October 2014.
  22. News: Bernard. Michelle. Single Mothers Are Not Responsible For A Decline In Newspaper Sales. Huffington Post. 19 August 2014. 3 October 2013.
  23. Web site: Cook . John . Softball Interview Question Leads to Awkward Answer . . 14 July 2014 . 9 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090829180312/http://gawker.com/5205389/softball-interview-question-leads-to-awkward-answer . 29 August 2009 .
  24. Web site: Michelle Bernard: 'The Republican Party Needs to Find Its Soul' . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183349/http://www.iwf.org/news/2435006/Michelle-Bernard%3A-%27The-Republican-Party-Needs-to-Find-Its-Soul%27 . 14 July 2014 . 9 April 2009 . dead .
  25. Web site: Hobbs . Christie . IWF Names New President . . 23 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020010321/http://iwf.org/iwfmedia/show/19020.html . 20 October 2007 . 18 October 2005.
  26. Web site: Michelle Bernard meets with the LNP editorial board . Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. . 15 June 2016 . 19 January 2015.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Michelle Bernard".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.