Welcome to the latest episode of Lunch with Shelley recorded for the first time from one of our new favorite lunch spots Claudio’s Table.  Our special guest is my friend and colleague Anita McBride.  Anita is the Executive in Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in the school of Public Affairs at American University.  She is also one of the longest tenured women that has served in the White House, having served three Presidents in personnel and management capacities, as well as serving First Lady Laura Bush as her chief of staff.  She is a frequent speaker, print source, contributor and commentator, and she is the co-author of the nation’s first textbook on the transformational legacies of the wives of America’s Presidents called U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies.

Join us as we learn truly fascinating details about many of America’s First Ladies, discuss Anita’s Italian heritage (we even hear her speak Italian!), hear fun anecdotes about her consulting work for the HBO show Veep, and her take on the current state of kids, colleges, and education. 

Join us for lunch at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and in the meantime Peace, Love and Lunch!!