Tony Blankley
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- exec. v.p., global public affairs, Edelman International
- visiting senior fellow, Heritage Foundation
- former edit. page editor, The Washington
Times
- former press secretary, Speaker Newt
Gingrich
- former speech writer
for President Reagan
- regular panelist, The McLaughlin Group
- author, “The West's Last Chance:
Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?”
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Eleanor Clift |
- contributing editor, Newsweek
- author, "Founding
Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment"
- co-author (with her late husband,
Tom Brazaitis) "War Without Blood: The Art of Politics," and "Madam President: Shattering the Last
Glass Ceiling,"
- regular McLaughlin Group panelist
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Dr. Joe Foote |
- dean, Univ. of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- former director, Walter Cronkite School
of Journ., Arizona State Univ. and dean, Southern Illinois Univ. College of Commun.
- former press secretary, U.S. House
Speaker Carl Albert
- 2002 president, Assn. for Education
in Journalism and Mass Commun.
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Ladonna Y. Lee |
- strategic counselor and director, DC
Public Affairs, Foley & Lardner
- former president and co-owner, The
Eddie Mahe Co.
- former staff assistant, Republican
Nat. Com.
- assistant to presidential campaigns
of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
- editor for "Campaign War Stories," by
Tony Payton
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Mike McCurry |
- partner, Public Strategies Washington, Inc.
- former press secretary to President
Bill Clinton
- former press spokesman, U.S. Dept.
of State.
- former communications director, Democratic
Nat. Com.
- former press secretary, Sen. Pat Moynihan
and presidential and vice presidential campaigns of John
Glenn, Bruce Babbitt, Lloyd Bentsen, and Bob Kerrey
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Terry Michael |
- founder and director of the Center
- reporter, 1969-72
- former press secretary:
Illinois House of Rep.,
U.S. Rep. Paul Simon, Democratic National Com., 1988 Simon for President campaign
- former lecturer in journalism, Geo. Washington Univ.,
- "Distinguished Service
Award," DC SPJ (2001); "Presidential
Award," Assn. for Edc. in Journ. and Mass Commun. (2002)
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Margaret Alexander Parker |
In Memoriam
A former finance director for the Republican National Committee, Margaret was a long-time supporter of the Center and our program.
Born April 12, 1958,
she passed away
on November 30, 2006.
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Robert Pierre |
- correspondent, The Washington Post
- member, first Politics & Journalism
class (Fall 1989)
- former visiting professor, Dillard
Univ. in Louisiana
- former president, Washington chapter,
National Assn. of Black Journalists
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Juan Williams |
- senior correspondent, National Public Radio
- Fox News Channel analyst
- author: "Enough," "Thurgood Marshall: Amer. Revolutionary," "Eyes on the Prize," and "This Far by Faith"
- former reporter, The Washington Post
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Judy Woodruff
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- special PBS corresp.
- visiting fellow (2005), Harvard’s
Shorenstein Center
- former anchor and senior
correspondent, Cable News Network
- former MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour anchor
and correspondent
- former NBC News White House correspondent.
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2008 Board of Directors Meeting
Board members gathered in Washington at the Center's offices at The Watergate on February 14. They adopted a $324,100 budget for 2008 and discussed plans for the Center's 20th Anniversary celebration in Washington Saturday, December 13. They also initiated discussion of long-term institutionalization of the Center's program, with a possible partnership with a larger institution, such as a university.
The Board's next annual meeting will be February 11, 2009
Seated, from left: Tony Blankley, Ladonna Lee, Joe Foote and Juan Williams.
Standing: Mike McCurry, Robert Pierre, Judy Woodruff and Terry Michael.
Eleanor Clift (inset) was unable to attend the meeting.
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