Contributors

BARBARA MCCONAGHY

Barbara McConaghy, Washington Life fashion editor is a nationally recognized stylist, fashion show producer and editor. In upcoming issues she'll share her views on Washington men's and women's fashion, and the city's celebrity style. Her work has appeared in Elle and Detour magazines, and locally in the Washingtonian, Baltimore Magazine, DC Style and special sections of The Washington Post. She has produced national tours for YM and Seventeen magazines and dressed such stars as Lauren Hutton, Brandy, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

PAT MITCHELL

Pat Michell was named the first woman president and chief operating officer of the Public Broadcast Service (PBS) in March 2000 after a long and respected career in commercial broadcasting and cable. In her three-decade career in media, Mitchell has worked for NBC, CBS and ABC. Her work has been recognized with 37 Emmys, five Peabody Awards and two Academy Award nominations.

JOHN PODESTA

John Podesta is the president and chief executive officer of the center for american progress. Podesta served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from October 1998 until January 2001, where he was responsible for directing, managing, and overseeing all policy development, daily operations, Congressional relations and staff activities of the White House.

ROBERT REDFORD

A strong advocate of independent filmmaking, Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1980 as an organization "dedicated to the support and development of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision and to the national and international exhibition of new American independent cinema." The Institute also sponsors the annual Sundance Film Festival, which is held every winter in Park City, Utah. From its modest beginnings, the Festival is now the most important venue for the presentation of independent film in the United States.

DONNA SHOR

Donna Shor is an internationalist who has lived in five countries on three continents, climbed the Great Wall of China, tracked tigers in Bangladesh, raised twins in a Provencal mas and a Bordeaux wine chateau, and hobnobbed with greats from Peck (Gregory) to Picasso (Pablo). She has written widely, from the National Geographic to the Paris-based International Herald Tribune.

ANNA SOELLNER

Anna Soellner is the director of outreach and special events for the Center for American Progress. Anna joined CAP after serving at the Hong Kong office of the public affairs firm Golin/Harris Forrest. She has also worked for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. She has a bachelor's degree with high honors from Smith College.

MICHAEL WHARTON

Michael Wharton left the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health to become an editor at America Online CityGuide where he covers D.C. and Baltimore nightlife. The former editorin- chief of UC Berkeley's Daily Californian, he has successfully climbed Monday Morning Leap in Yosemite National Park. He can be heard Friday mornings at 9:10 a.m. on WTOP radio.

CHRISTINA WILKIE

Christina Wilkie moved to Washington in July of 2001 after graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., with a degree in philosophy. Currently working for the Aspen Institute, she is based out of the Institute's Washington D.C. headquarters, and spends the majority of the summer in Aspen. Christina is an avid musician.