Kathleen Matthews
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Kathleen Matthews is a former anchor for ABC 7 News/WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. She was co-anchor of ABC 7 News at 5 on weeknights, and also co-host of Capital Sunday along with Leon Harris. She is an award-winning producer, reporter, and news anchor who has covered news in Washington for more than 25 years. Matthews has been awarded nine local Emmys. Her further credits include the Edward R. Murrow award, the George Foster Peabody award, the David Brinkley award, Associated Press awards, and the Gracie Allen award from the American Women in Radio and Television. In 2002, she was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.
A San Francisco native, Matthews is a 1975 honors graduate of Stanford University. she was a teaching fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government in 2004. Since 1980 she has been married to Chris Matthews, host of Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show; they live in Chevy Chase, Maryland and have three children - Michael, Thomas and Caroline. Matthews serves on the Advisory Councils and Boards of several charitable organizations, including: Catholic Charities Foundation, Black Student Fund, Suited for Change, Girl Scouts, Shakespeare Theatre Company, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, and the Academy of Achievement.
On December 1, 2006, Kathleen Matthews left the news desk to assume the position of Executive Vice President of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Marriott International.
