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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Tina Tate Former Director, House Radio-TV Gallery Former Director, Media Relations, Newseum Ruth M. (Tina) Tate served as Director of the Radio and Television Correspon- dents Gallery of the House of Representatives from 1982 until her 2007 retirement. In 1972, she was the first woman to be hired for the Gallery staff. Tate is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and a graduate of Emory University. Employed by the House, but initially screened and recommended by a panel of broadcast journalists, she was respon- sible for all electronic media coverage of the House—from its floor proceedings to its commit- tees and its individual Members. During her years on the Hill, she oversaw and coordinated broad- cast coverage of State of the Union addresses, hearings, conference committees, press confer- ences, and "lie-in-state" ceremonies and funerals of Presidents and other prominent national figures. In addition, because she was seen as fair and nonpartisan, Tate supervised electronic media coverage at every Democratic and Republican convention between 1984 and 2004, assigning and allocating work space to networks and station groups as well as being in charge of credentialing thousands of reporters at each convention. Upon retiring from the House, she served as Director of Media Relations for the Newseum, helping to launch its new Pennsylvania Avenue location and its extensive coverage of the 2008 Inaugural. James Thurber Director, Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies American University James A. Thurber is University Distinguished Professor of Government and founder (1979) and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at Ameri- can University. CCPS has organized the biannual Campaign Management Institute and the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute for 20 years. He has been the principal investigator of several multi-year grants to study campaign conduct and lobbying and ethics. Thurber has been on American Univer- sity's faculty since 1974 and has received multiple awards. He is author of numerous books and more than eighty articles and chapters on Congress and related topics. He co-produced three BBC-TV documentaries on Congress and elections. Thurber earned a BS in political science from the University of Oregon and a PhD in political science from Indi- ana University. He has lectured at over 75 universi- ties worldwide and worked on four reorganization efforts for committees in the House and Senate from 1976 to present. He served as legislative assistant to Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Sen. William Brock, Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, and Rep. Pat Tiberi (TEE-berry) is a life- long resident of Ohio's 12th Congressional District. Tiberi attended Ohio State University, where he played trumpet in the OSU Marching Band. He graduated with a journalism degree, but instead found himself serving his future constituents as an aide to then-Congressman John Kasich. He later decided to extend his service to the community through election to public office and was elected to the Ohio Legislature, where he rose to the posi- tion of majority leader. Tiberi was first elected to the U.S. House in 2000. Tiberi sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means and serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue. He is also a member of the Social Secu- rity Subcommittee and chairs the Select Educa- tion Subcommittee. Tiberi has received numerous awards ranging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Spirit of Enterprise Award to the National Federation of Independent Business' Guardian of Small Business Award; he has also David Obey. He worked with Sen. Barak Obama on ethics and lobbying reforms. Thurber is frequently interviewed by national and international television and radio stations, major print publications, and other media outlets. Hon. Pat Tiberi U.S. House Ohio 10 THE CAPITOL DOME SPRING 2012