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Areas of expertise: political commentary, domestic social policy, work/family policy, tax policy, child care policy, adoption and welfare reform.

Nominated for the Bradley Prize, $250,000 for "civic and intellectual achievement."

Author of Mother in the Middle, an examination of work/family and childcare policy.

Project Director of the Family, Gender and Tenure Project, a nationwide study focused on parental leave policy funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Bankard Fund.

Lectured at the University of Virginia, the number one ranked public university in the nation as rated by US News and World Report, 2002.

Editor and Co-author of Free to be Family managing 21 contributing editors and staff.

Had a desk in the (real) West Wing in The White House during the Reagan Administration.

Provided Congressional testimony before both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate.

Has taught Politics and the Family at the University of Virginia.

Published work read into the Congressional Record.

Serves as an advisor and consultant to business, academia, policy makers and political candidates.

Has appeared on all of the major networks and cable outlets.

Interviewed on over 500 radio programs.

Completed graduate work at Oxford University in ethics and philosophy.

Worked as an editor, contributing editor, columnist, and speech writer.

Served as a White House intern.

Served on a number of boards and commissions.

Runs 26.2 mile marathons. Married since 1990. Mother of five children, three girls and two boys. Lived in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently lives in the Washington DC area.

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