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Genevieve Wood / Bill Federer
Genevieve Wood graduated from the College of Charleston (South Carolina) in 1990, with a BA in History. She is the Director of Strategic Operations at The Heritage Foundation where she coordinates long-term and short-term strategic initiatives in the media, on the Hill and at the grassroots level to educate Congress and the Administration about the Foundation's key issues.
Wood has worked for over 14 years in the Washington world of politics, policy and media. In 2005, she launched her own media training and video production company, W Media. She has provided media training and speech coaching since 1999 for numerous members of congress, political candidates, book authors, state legislators, organizational spokesmen and public policy analysts. Her partial client list includes: American Legislative Exchange Council, Cato Institute, Focus on the Family, Freedom Alliance, Manhattan Institute, Penguin Books, Regnery Publishing and the Susan B. Anthony List. She also conducts public speaking and communications workshops for grassroots organizations nationwide.
From 1991 until 2004, Wood worked in a number of media-related positions for such organizations and companies as Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia, National Public Radio's Los Angeles affiliate KCRW, NBC News in New York and the Republican National Committee in Washington. In these positions, her responsibilities covered the communications spectrum - from staff management and overseeing video production facilities to communications strategy and producing/anchoring both television and radio political talk shows.
Wood was named a "2000 Rising Star in Politics" by Campaigns & Elections magazine and is a frequent political commentator on FOX, MSNBC and CNN. She has appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation," NBC's "Today," "Politically Incorrect," C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" and PBS's "To the Contrary." She lives in Washington, D.C. and is a native of Texarkana, Texas.
William Federer is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America's noble heritage. He grew up in St. Louis, fifth of eleven children, and studied at University of Dallas, Texas ('76-'78); in Rome, Italy ('78), and graduated from Saint Louis Univer§ity ('80) with a degree in Accounting/Business Administration. Bill worked in real estate, oil & gas industry (Santa Fe Industries '81-'84), and held positions with community organizations, charity groups, and churches; working with youth, families, elderly and minorities. He served as a Scoutmaster, having been an Eagle Scout.
Bill is a former U.S. Congressional Candidate and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television interviews, including CSPAN, Hannity & Colmes, 0'Reilly Factor, NPR, MSNBC, Fox, ABC-Time Warner Affiliates, ClearChannel, Focus on the Family, CBN, TBN, INSP, FamilyLand TV, Coral Ridge Hour, Janet Parshall's America, 700 Club, AT&T Cable, Charter Cable, USA Radio Network, Salem Radio Network, Bott Radio Network, Michael Medved, Common Sense Radio with Ollie North, D. James Kennedy's Truths that Transform, Beverly LaHaye Live, Clear Channel Radio, VCY America, RadioAmerica, BQ, American Family Association, Judicial Watch, InsightMag. com, Derry Brownfield, Michael Reagan, and others. He has spoken across the nation and has been referenced in USA Today, Human Events, New York Times, Washington Times, and Washington Post, and has spoken on military bases, universities, colleges, and in state capitols, political conventions and television documentaries. His book "America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations" has sold over a half-million copies, and his American Minute radio feature, recalling events of American significance on the date they occurred, is broadcast daily across the country and read by thousands on the Internet. He is married to Susan Misko Federer, and has children Jessica, 23; Will, 23; Melody, 18; and Michael, 16. |