Michelle Bernard Biography
Michelle Denise Bernard is a journalist, political analyst, lawyer, author, and the President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics, and Public Policy in the United States.
Michelle Bernard Age
She was born Michelle Denise Bernard on 30 July 1963, in Washington, D.C., United States of America. Michelle is 60 years old as of July 2023.
Michelle Bernard Education
Bernard earned a B.A. in philosophy and a minor in political science from Howard University. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctorate.
Michelle Bernard Parents
Bernard was born and raised, in Washington, D.C., United States of America, the daughter of Nesta Bernard, Milton Bernard
Michelle Bernard Husband
Bernard was married to CNN contributor Joe Johns until 2008, when the couple split. Bernard remarried in 2014 and currently resides in Potomac, Maryland with her husband Keith Bell and two children from her previous marriage. Keith Bell died in the year 2019.
Michelle Bernard Career
She was a partner with the law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs. She was on the Bush-Cheney Presidential Inaugural Committee in 2000. She formerly served as President and CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum and the Independent Women’s Voice. She was the chair of the District of Columbia’s Redevelopment Land Agency, which negotiated the District’s MCI Arena’s public-private funding. Bernard frequently appears on MSNBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, NPR, and The McLaughlin Group as a political and legal analyst. She is a Roll Call columnist and a contributor to ‘The Seventy-Four,’ The Root, The Washington Post’s “She the People,” and the Huffington Post. She is self-sufficient.
She is a member of the Hampton University Board of Trustees, as well as the Coalition for Opportunity in Education’s board of directors and the executive board of the International Women’s Forum in Washington, D.C., where she serves as the Leadership Foundation Liaison. She is also a member of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence’s advisory board and a speaker for the Washington Speakers Bureau. Her ancestors are Jamaican Americans, as she stated in an interview with Bill Steigerwald, “My parents are American citizens, but they are from Jamaica.” I was reared with principles that were both American and Jamaican. We have a strong feeling of pride, family honor, and self-reliance in our culture.”
Michelle Bernard Books
- Moving America Toward Justice
- Women’s Progress
Michelle Bernard Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.