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"Whatever your life's work is, do it well."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

EXPERIENCE MATTERS

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Comcast NBCU Know Your Value Champion

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Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute

Performance Course

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Learning Heroes Inaugural Featured Learning Hero

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National PTA Lifetime Achievement Award

& Life Membership

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Montgomery County Champion for Children

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Mayo Foundation Journalist Residency

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SPJ-DC Dateline Award

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USC Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship
 

John S. Carroll Journalist Fellow

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Woodward Academy Distinguished Alumnae

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Maryland PTA Lifetime Achievement Award

& Life Membership

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NBCUniversal "GEM" (Going the Extra Mile) Award

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November 2003 - Present

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

Provide daily live reports for ~200 NBC affiliates, Early Today, NBC News Now, CNBC Europe and Asia, Euronews, 7News Australia, CTV Canada and other clients. Cover presidential administrations and campaigns; Congress; and international news including Olympics, Royal Wedding, Papal Conclave and Mandela’s funeral. Appointed to News Group DEI Partnerships Task Force.

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November 2020 - Present

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

Inform and equip parents to take an active role in their children's educational and developmental success. Previously served as volunteer and inaugural featured Learning Hero.

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September 2020 - Present

ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER

Serve on Parent Advisory Council for federally-funded Statewide Family Engagement Center for Maryland and Pennsylvania. Specific assignments include subcommittee on improving home-school partnerships, Parent to Parent newsletter contributor and Community of Practice to create a parent leadership guide for educators and families.

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June 2019 - Present

BOARD MEMBER

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FELLOW

Member Representative for the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Board of Directors, advocating for, engaging and empowering more than 1.4 million members in 21,000 units across  the United States and Europe. Programs Committee liaison to School of Excellence program. Advise staff on infusing diversity, equity and inclusion into Reflections, PTA's 50-year-old arts program engaging 300,000 students every year. Strategic Planning Work Group. Honored with Maryland and National PTA Lifetime Achievement Awards

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August 2020

INSTRUCTOR

Train early and mid career local news professionals to produce for network news programs. Offer pro tips on evaluating information, seeking sources, writing and producing for broadcast and digital. Evaluate participants' collaboration and leadership to identify young journalists with strong editorial instinct and news judgement.

 

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September 2019 - Present

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TEAM COORDINATOR

Conceived, created and convened a new initiative for Montgomery County Public Schools, the nation's 16th largest school district. Recruited and screened team members. Plan and host monthly gatherings with staff to provide parents input and feedback on school district programs and decisions.

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October 2009 - Present

DIGITAL & CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR

Volunteer for educational nonprofit that promotes civic engagement by teaching students and the public to identify fact from fiction, opinion, advertising and propaganda. Conduct virtual classroom visits. Teach "InfoZones," the inaugural lesson for the Checkology digital classroom reaching tens of thousands of students worldwide. Received the 2017 John S. Carroll Journalist Fellow Award.

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January 2016 - Present

ENGAGEMENT CHAIR / VP / BOARD MEMBER
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL OF PTAS

Currently oversee engagement initiatives for suburban DC PTA council comprised of 193 local units. Activities include convening monthly "ENGAGE! Community Conversation" on hot topics. Previously served as Vice President of Administration (overseeing leadership development and compliance for all PTAs), Secretary and Membership chair for the Council.

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January - May 2003

INSTRUCTOR
BIOLA UNIVERSITY

Taught journalism and communications course.

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June 1997 - November 2003

WEST COAST CORRESPONDENT
NBC NEWS CHANNEL

Live, breaking reports on plane crashes, severe weather, mudslides, WTO protests, Columbine/Springfield school shootings, OKC and Unabomber trials and more. Contributed to Weekend Nightly News, Weekend Today and MSNBC. Substitute anchored “NBC Nightside.” Enterprised monthly women's issues and health reports.

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January 1995 - June 1996

INSTRUCTOR / ADVISOR

Taught journalism and communications courses. Recruited and trained staff to revive production of student newspaper that had been dormant for 20 years.

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August 1992 - April 1997

ANCHOR/REPORTER

Anchored AM, midday and weekend evening newscasts for Knoxville, Tennessee affiliate. Reported on local government, community, business, breaking news and education. Produced and hosted weekly public affairs program and half-hour news specials on arts and education.

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September 1991 - August 1992

REPORTER / ANCHOR

Produced and anchored morning Today Show news and weather cut-ins. Enterprised local health stories for evening news programs for the NBC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama.

EDUCATION

Master of Journalism, 1991

Bachelor of Journalism, 1991

Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism

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Accelerated Masters Program

Harrington Award (highest broadcast honor)

Newton B. Minow Prize in Communication

Gannett Foundation scholarship

Scripps-Howard scholarship

National Association of Black Journalists scholarship

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