Background
Bernard, Michelle Denise was born on July 30, 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Milton Desmond and Nesta Hyacinth Bernard.
Bernard, Michelle Denise was born on July 30, 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Milton Desmond and Nesta Hyacinth Bernard.
Bernard graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a minor in Political Science.
Early Life and She has a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and was a partner at the lobbyist and law firm Patton Boggs. She was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Independent Women"s Forum and Independent Women"s Voice. She was the chair for the District of Columbia"s Redevelopment Land Agency, which negotiated the public-private financing of the District"s Microwave Communications Incorporated Arena.
She is a columnist for Roll_Call.
And also a contributor for "The Seventy-Four",The Root, The Washington Post"s "She the People," and the Huffington Post. where she is the Leadership Foundation Liaison. 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.".
Bernard is frequently a political and legal analyst for Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera, Cable News Network, National Public Radio and The McLaughlin Group. Her family heritage is Jamaican American, saying in an interview with Bill Steigerwald, "My parents are American citizens, but they come from Jamaica.
In 2000, she was a member of the Bush-Cheney Presidential Inaugural Committee. 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, District of Columbia 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.
She is an Independent.