Meet our new Advisory Board Member: Leigh Ann Caldwell
The Center for Effective Lawmaking is excited to welcome Leigh Ann Caldwell to our Board of Advisors.
Ms. Caldwell is the Chief Washington Correspondent for Puck News and is an Emmy Award–winning veteran of various news outlets covering politics and policy on Capitol Hill. Previously, she was a senior reporter at The Washington Post, where she was co-author of The Post’s Early 202 and an anchor for Washington Post Live. Before joining The Post in 2022, she was a correspondent at NBC News. As a member of NBC’s congressional unit, she covered both of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials; the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and its aftermath; several budget battles and government shutdowns; four Supreme Court confirmations, including for Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett; and other major stories. She has broken stories about the Biden administration’s domestic agenda, as well as attempts by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She received the Joan Shorenstein Barone Award for Excellence in Congressional Reporting in 2018 for her leading role in NBC’s coverage of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. She also received the Radio Television Digital News First Amendment Clarity Award as part of the NBC News Road Warrior team covering the 2018 midterm elections. In addition, she won a New York Press Club Award for her feature writing about Trump during the 2016 election. She has covered every presidential and midterm election since 2008 and previously worked at CNN, CBS News, and C-SPAN. She is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where she received her BA in Communications.
We look forward to working closely with Ms. Caldwell and engaging with her expertise to promote effective lawmaking.
