A transplant from Lexington, Kentucky, Austin Rutland has lived in the District for all of 2 months. The 22-year-old wants to become a sign language interpreter and moved to the Washington area [...]
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What if your typical day at the office included hosting dignitaries and rubbing elbows with the world’s most influential leaders? One congressional staffer doesn’t have to wonder. As [...]
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As I write this, Jessica Guzik is sitting inside Dulles Airport waiting to board a flight that will take her to a new city and new life. After 5 years in Washington, DC Guzik is moving to [...]
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With a name like Max Major, you have to be good at something. But it can’t just be any something. It’s gotta be something pretty extraordinary and maybe even a little strange. The 33-year-old DC [...]
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What exactly does it mean to reinvent one’s self? That question came to mind when I sat down with former journalist turned PR Executive Lisa Matthews for a one-on-one. Before transitioning [...]
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CNN’s senior correspondent Joe Johns has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. After reporting on some of the nation’s top stories for years– including the 2012 election of Barack Obama and [...]
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Jamil Hamilton is your typical D.C. consultant. What’s not so typical is that at night, when most of his colleagues are in bed, he’s driving to one of his popular DJ gigs. Best known [...]
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The coffee industry is booming. An estimated 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed by the world’s population each day. And according to data analyst and astronomer James Davenport, 80 [...]
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As the CBCF‘s Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) quickly approaches, we wanted to take a closer look at how the youngest conference hosts handle the insanity and make the most of their [...]
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“Until you learn to celebrate things big and small, none of this is worth it,” says moonlighter and Goodshuffle co-founder Erik Dreyer. Goodshuffle connects local companies and [...]
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A short commute from the Logan Circle neighborhood Elise Viebeck calls home, is a shiny new Washington Post office building— where the 27-year-old National Enterprise Reporter sits in a [...]
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A self-proclaimed #bawse, Courtney Rae O’Neal is a politico by day and fashion stylist by night. The communications director for a Member on Capitol Hill has been moonlighting as a fashion [...]
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It started off with a kiss (uh huh). And indeed it did. In his 2009 debut, Ryan Leslie’s Addiction, featuring hip-hop princess Cassie, was the song of the summer. Writing and producing music has [...]
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In fear of saying the wrong things or not being politically correct, many public figures will, for the most part, keep to themselves. Not Michel Sproles. The outspoken wife of NFL running back [...]
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“The question isn’t can women lead, but how do we get them there?” I sat listening to Kelly Parisi– the spirited Communications Director of Facebook COO Sheryl [...]
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“I certainly wouldn’t be here without a whole lot of luck,” says Riley Roberts. As someone who’s had the unique pleasure of working with Riley side by side, I’d say [...]
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My name is Obie Chambers. I’m a partner at a Crisis Management firm called The Exigency Group. We’re a firm that specializes in consulting individuals who find themselves in what we consider, [...]
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There are many misconceptions about what it means to be a lobbyist. Jack Abramoff– perhaps the most notorious lobbyist in American history– may have been the tipping point of those [...]
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Last week, Michelle Rhee sat down with a group of women– hungry for inspiration– for a private lunch at Capitol Hill’s Art & Soul restaurant. The mother of two was in D.C. [...]
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I sat down with successful entrepreneur and Washington A-lister Mark Ein on an unusually warm fall day. After making our way through heavy DC traffic, we both arrived at his Chinatown office 30 [...]
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