Graduate, Stanford University. Formerly: producer, reporter and news anchor, covered news in Washington DC for 25 years; evening News Anchor, WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington DC; hosted Capital Sunday, a half-hour talk show focusing on current events in Washington DC, and Working Woman, an internationally syndicated magazine show. With Marriott International: also co-chairs Executive Green Council. Member of the Board of Trustees, US Travel Association, Catholic Charities Foundation, Ford's Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Named: Woman Who Means Business, Washington Business Journal; Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian Magazine. Recipient of nine local Emmys.