Kirsten Powers Bio

Kirsten Powers was born on the 14th of December, 1967 in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Her involvement in the media with Anderson Cooper 360deg (2003, America's Newsroom (2006) and CNN Newsroom (1989) is the reason why she's famous. 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. Later she served as Vice-President for the AOL-Time Warner Foundation. Her ex-husband, Dr. Marty Makary, is an Associate Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Her brother is a teacher. His daughter was born in the year 2006. Favorite songs "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin, and "Sweet Thing", by Keith Urban. "New York, New York" is one of the songs composed by Ryan Adams. "American Ride" is an Toby Keith song. Former press secretary for Andrew Cuomo's campaign for governor. Powers has been involved in New York State Democratic politics since many years. She was a staff member of the New York State Democratic Committee and the press secretary of the Andrew Cuomo for Governor campaign and the communications director for the mayoral campaign of C. Virginia Fields. She also was involved in the "Vote No on 3" campaign, which overwhelmingly defeated New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ballot initiative to eliminate party primaries. Powers also served briefly as press secretary for Donnie's unsuccessful campaign to become the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair. Powers has worked with various non-profit groups, including Human Rights First and the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW).In 2015 Powers co-authored the book The Silencing of the Left: How the Left is killing Free Speech, which was published by Regnery Press.