Michelle D. Bernard is the president and CEO of the Independent Women's Forum and an MSNBC political analyst. Bernard is a regular panelist with Hardball with Chris Matthews and The McLaughlin Group. Also, Bernard is a regular guest host of CBS radio's The Big Talker on Philadelphia's WPHT, and is a political commentator for The Hill's Congress Blog. Bernard is the author of Women's Progress: How Women and Are Wealthier, Healthier and More Independent Than Ever Before and is a contributing author to the National Urban League's State of Black America and Lifetime Network's Secrets of Powerful Women: 25 Successful American Politicians Tell How They Got Where They Are - And What It's Like. In 2009, Bernard created, co-produced and hosted IWF's historic television program, About Our Children, featuring Bill Cosby. The program, which explored poverty and education reform, aired on MSNBC on September 20, 2009.
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Michelle D. Bernard 
President and CEO
Contributions | Media Appearances
- IWF in the News:The Big Question: Who Will Win Support at the Health Reform Summit?, with Michelle D. Bernard, February 25, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will Dems See a Backlash Over Reconciliation?, with Michelle D. Bernard, February 24, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will Obama's New Plan Give Health Reform a Boost?, with Michelle D. Bernard, February 22, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: How Can the Deficit Panel Make Their Work Count?, with Michelle D. Bernard, February 18, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: What Does Bayh's Decision Mean for His Party?, with Michelle D. Bernard, February 16, 2010
- Dr. King's Dream Will Be Realized, by Michelle D. Bernard, February 3, 2010
- The President Needs to Learn More About the Real Meaning of the Massachusetts Senate Election , by Michelle D. Bernard, January 28, 2010
- Obama Should Scrap Health Care Reform in State of the Union, by Michelle D. Bernard, January 26, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: What Does Brown's Win Mean for Obama and Dems?, with Michelle D. Bernard, January 20, 2010
- A Dream Realized?, by Michelle D. Bernard, January 18, 2010
- IWF in the News: White Liberalism Is Inherently Racist , with Michelle D. Bernard, January 13, 2010
- IWF in the News: CBC 2009 Winners and Losers, with Michelle D. Bernard, January 13, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: What Do Democratic Exits Mean for 2010 Races?, with Michelle D. Bernard, January 6, 2010
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Should Liberals Scuttle Senate Health Deal?, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 16, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Should Liberals Scuttle Senate Health Deal?, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 16, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Should Obama Focus on Black Jobless Rate?, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 11, 2009
- IWF in the News: Washington, D.C. Based Non-Profit Teaching Program ABCTE Names Three to Board of Directors, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 9, 2009
- Harry Reid is Wrong on History and Wrong on Health Reform, by Michelle D. Bernard, December 8, 2009
- Government Health Care Rationing Puts Women at Risk, by Michelle D. Bernard, December 6, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will the Jobs Summit Help or Hurt Obama?, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 3, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will Obama's Speech Win Support for the War?, with Michelle D. Bernard, December 2, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will Congress Fund a Troop Surge in Afghanistan?, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 25, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Does the Jobs Bill Push Mean the Stimulus Failed?, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 25, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will 'Louisiana Purchase' Amendment Backfire?, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 23, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Will the Deficit or Jobs be More Important in '10?, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 17, 2009
- American Women Deserve Better Than Government-run Health Care, by Michelle D. Bernard, November 8, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Election Day Lessons?, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 4, 2009
- IWF in the News: Conservative Women Reject Government Takeover of Health Care, with Michelle D. Bernard, November 2, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Paying for Afghanistan, with Michelle D. Bernard, October 30, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: What Could Democrats Gain or Lose by Tackling the Healthcare Bill Alone?, with Michelle D. Bernard, October 27, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: What Should Congress do About Wall Street Pay, Bonuses? Anything?, with Michelle D. Bernard, October 21, 2009
- IWF in the News: More on the 'Doc Fix', with Michelle D. Bernard, October 20, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Has the White House Spent too Much Time, Energy Fighting Fox News?, with Michelle D. Bernard, October 20, 2009
- We Want a System that Will Cure Breast Cancer, by Michelle D. Bernard, October 9, 2009
- IWF in the News: The Big Question: Should Pres. Obama Move Farther Left?, with Michelle D. Bernard, October 7, 2009
- IWF in the News: Bill Cosby's Coming Out as a Conservative?, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 24, 2009
- About Our Children: Inside the Fight to Save America's Future, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 22, 2009
- IWF in the News: Bill Cosby Leads Forum at Howard, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 22, 2009
- IWF in the News: MICHELLE BERNARD COMMENTARY: Why It's Time To Talk About Our Children, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 21, 2009
- Why It's Time to Talk About Our Children, by Michelle D. Bernard, September 21, 2009
- "About Our Children" Airs Today, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 20, 2009
- IWF in the News: Send Your Questions to Bill Cosby, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 18, 2009
- IWF in the News: About Our Children: Cosby Talks to theGrio about TV Special, Hip-hop, and Women, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 18, 2009
- IWF in the News: Cosby Teams With Independent Women's Forum to Promote Personal Responsibility, with Michelle D. Bernard, September 17, 2009
- Obama's Next School Speech Should be to the Adults, by Michelle D. Bernard, September 13, 2009
- The Way Out of Poverty, by Michelle D. Bernard, August 16, 2009
- IWF in the News: Black Intellectuals Decry White House 'Beer Summit'; Say Notion of a Post-Racial America is a Myth, with Michelle D. Bernard, August 6, 2009
- District Government Shows What NOT To Do for Foster, Abused Children, by Michelle D. Bernard, July 19, 2009
- An International Agenda at a Time of Crisis, by Michelle D. Bernard, July 10, 2009
- Shame doesn't appear to be part of the Era of Red Ink, by Michelle D. Bernard, June 23, 2009