Michelle Bernard

Michelle Denise Bernard (born July 30, 1963, Washington, D.C.) 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.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 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.C-SPAN Q&A with Michelle Bernard
C-SPAN. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11

Bernard is frequently a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, Al Jazeera,Bernard, Michell
Is the US Election Season Too Long?
Al Jazeera. June 6, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015 CNN,Bernard, Michell
''Smerconish transcript''
CNN.14 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014 NPR and The McLaughlin Group. She is a columnist for '' Roll Call'';Bernard, Michell
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Roll Call March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016 and also a contributor for 'The Seventy-Four',Bernard, Michell
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www.the74million.org. June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015'' The Root'', ''The Washington Post's''Bernard, Michell
''Congress cannot ignore violence against women in Syria''
Washington Post September 6, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014 "She the People," and the ''Huffington Post''.Bernard, Michell
Amma Asante's 'Belle' May Lead to Real Freedom for Women Around the World
Huffington Post. May 14, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014

She is an Independent.

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. Additionally, she is a member of the advisory board of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, and a speaker for the Washington Speaker's Bureau.

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."

Awards

* Bernard was granted the 2016 Howard University Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in the Fields of Media, Journalism and Public Policy.
* Bernard was named the Spring 2015 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics by Iowa State University on March 23, 2015.
* 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.
* Also, she was named in the November 2014 of ''Essence'' Magazine as a Rising Star in their Money & Power list.

Personal life

Bernard was married to CNN correspondent Joe Johns until the couple divorced in 2008. Bernard remarried in 2014 and lives in Potomac, Maryland with her husband Keith Bell, as well as two children from her previous marriage. Keith Bell passed away in 2019.

Bibliography

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

References

External links

Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy
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Michelle Bernard
at ''The Huffington Post''

Article archive at Sojourners

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