 Susan Molinari is a risk-taker and trailblazer for liberal Republicans and working mothers. This host of the popular political affairs program The Flipside with Susan Molinari began her Washington career as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 32, becoming the second-youngest woman ever elected to the House. In 1996, at the age of 38, Ms. Molinari was catapulted into the national spotlight when she was selected to keynote the Republican National Convention. Throughout her Congressional tenure, Susan Molinari was an effective leader in the fight for crime victims, passing sweeping judicial reforms to toughen laws on repeat rapists and child molesters and to increase funding for the Violence Against Women Act. She also won passage of measures to enhance adoption, and promote breast cancer awareness and research funding. In 1997, she left Congress to co-anchor the team inaugurating CBS News Saturday Morning, where she conducted on-air interviews of national and international newsmakers. Today, Ms. Molinari can regularly be seen analyzing politics, government and current events on networks including FOX, CNBC, MSNBC, Court TV, PBS, and CNN. Currently, Susan Molinari is President and CEO of The Washington Group, a government relations and lobbying firm. She heads the management team, leads business and client development and helps to shape the company's strategic direction. She is also Senior Public Affairs Consultant to Fleishman-Hillard, the global public relations firm. Ms. Molinari is Chairman of The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting drunk driving, and Chairman of Americans for Consumer Education and Competition. She is also a member of the North American Diversity Advisory Board for Toyota Motor Co. In her speeches, an advocate in private life as she was in public life, Ms. Molinari reflects on her dramatic rise through the political ranks, and her tenure as the highest-ranking woman Republican in the House. She speaks poignantly and personally about issues in which she continues to be personally involved including the fight against drunk driving and under-age drinking, breast cancer awareness and treatment, crime victims' rights, women's rights, financial literacy and housing issues.
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