Kirsten Powers Bio

Kirsten Powers was born on the 14th of December 1967 in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. She is known for her work on Anderson Cooper 360deg (2003) as well as America's Newsroom (2007) and CNN Newsroom (1989). Marty Makary was her first husband. As the deputy assistant U.S Trade Representative for Public Affairs, she was Vice-President International Communications at America Online. In the following years, she was Vice-President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation. Marty Makary is her ex-husband and Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. The brother of her is a teacher. His daughter was born in the year 2006. Songs she loves "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin, and "Sweet Thing", by Keith Urban. "New York, New York" is an original song written composed by Ryan Adams. "American Ride" is an Toby Keith song. Former press secretary for Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for governor. Powers has been working in New York State Democratic politics for several years. Powers was a part of the New York State Democratic Committee's staff and also the press secretary for Andrew Cuomo's campaign to become Governor and communications director for C. Virginia Fields' mayoral campaign. Powers also participated in the "Vote No on 3" campaign, which beat New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ballot initiative to eliminate primary elections for political parties. Powers also served briefly as press secretary for Donnie's unsuccessful campaign to become the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair. Powers has also worked as an advisor to a variety of non-profit organizations including Human Rights First, the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) and Donnie Fowler's unsuccessful campaign to become Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair. In 2015, she published The Silencing. The Left is Stopping Free Speech. Regnery Press.