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SLA Opening General Session and Awards Presentation
Sunday, 13 June 2010
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
With her sharp wit, free-spirited manner, and ability to dissect and discuss he hottest issues in Washington, Mary Matalin quickly became a household name as a political commentator upon leaving the White House after the 1992 elections.
A political junkie since her college days, Matalin came to Washington during the Reagan Revolution and landed a job on the Republican National Committee. After a hiatus from Washington to attend Hofstra Law School, she returned to the RNC in 1984 to serve as national voter contact director for the Reagan-Bush Campaign. She held senior positions in the 1988 Bush campaign and, upon President Bush's election, was appointed chief of staff for the RNC.
In 1992, President Bush named her deputy campaign manager for political operations, making her responsible for the overview and organization of all 50 state operations. As the on-board planner who traveled with President Bush throughout the 1992 campaign, she emerged as one of the leading defenders of the president and his policies.
Although she hosted CNN's critically acclaimed debate show, Crossfire, before joining the Bush/Cheney White House, Matalin made her name after returning to the airwaves as founding co-host of the Washington-based political weeknight talk show, Equal Time, which premiered in May 1993 on CNBC. She served as co-host until shortly after the 1996 national political conventions. Her political astuteness and antics contributed to the show's being called "the best talk show on television" by Knight Ridder News Service.
Matalin has made frequent television appearances as a political commentator and has written for various periodicals, including Newsweek and The Los Angeles Times. With her husband, James Carville, Matalin co-authored the best-selling political campaign book All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President, which was named one of the top five best books on public relations by the Wall Street Journal. Her most recent book, Letters to My Daughters (April 2004), was named a Book of the Month Club selection and earned a place on the New York Times and Washington Post best-seller lists.
In 1996, Matalin launched herown three-hour afternoon radio program on the CBS Talk Radio Network. The Mary Matalin Show highlighted current events, featured distinguished guests and answered listeners' calls. Talkers Magazine listed Matalin as one of "The 100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America" in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
Matalin recently appeared with Carville on HBO's critically acclaimed series K Street, about the world of powerful political consultants. She now runs Threshold, a new conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster, and serves as vice president of the Washington Humane Society. In addition, she sits on the editorial board of Campaigns and Elections Magazine, which features up-to-date campaign information, the latest news about political consultants and the business and trends in the industry.
Matalin and her husband reside in New Orleans with their daughters, Matalin "Matty" Carville and Emerson "Emma" Carville.
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