Kathleen Matthews

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Kathleen Matthews is an award-winning producer, reporter and news anchor who covered news in the nation's capital for 25 years. She was the anchor of WJLA's News 7 at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. She also hosted Capital Sunday, a half-hour talk show focusing on current events in the nation's capital. For five years she was host and executive editor of "Working Woman," a nationally syndicated magazine talk show broadcast in 75 markets. "Working Woman" continues as a regular segment on the 5 p.m. news with timely, career-focused news about women. An honors graduate from Stanford University in 1975, Matthews has been awarded nine local Emmys. Her further credits include the prestigious Associated Press Awards, George Foster Peabody, Scrips-Howard, Ohio State and Gracie Allen award from the American Women in Radio and Television. She was named a 2002 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine; also in 2002, she was named a "Woman Who Means Business" by the Washington Business Journal. Matthews is married to Chris Matthews, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and host of Hardball with Chris Matthews (1997) on MSNBC. They have three children, Michael, Thomas, and Caroline. She is active in her children's schools, her church, and Catholic Charities. Matthews also serves on the Boards of several charitable organizations, including The Black Student Fund, Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR), Girl Scouts, Best Friends Foundation and Suited for Change, which provides clothing for women moving from welfare to work.