Career
Martha began her career in television working on musical variety programs for Carol Burnett, Walt Disney Television, and others She wrote and produced for half-hour comedies such as the long-running The Facts of Life and The Family Manitoba with Gregory Harrison. She made the transition to one-hour drama as producer of Jack"s Place for American Broadcasting Company Television and Company-Executive Producer of the Columbia Broadcasting System series Under One Roof, which starred James Earl Jones.
And in 1994 she became the Executive Producer of the Touched by an Angel.
Touched by an Angel was nominated for nine Emmy and was inducted into the Museum of Television and Radio Hall of Fame. lieutenant has been translated into more than sixty languages and continues to be broadcast around the world.
She hosts A Touch of Encouragement on Beliefnet.com. She was appointed to the President"s White House Council on Service and Civic Participation.
She is a graduate of Williams College.
