1. A'Lelia Bundles grew up in Indianapolis in a family of civic minded business executives.
11 Facts About A'Lelia Bundles
1. 2.
A'Lelia Bundles served as an Indianapolis 500 Festival director for many years and was a board member of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau.
3.
A'Lelia Bundles was the founding president of the Center for Leadership Development, a youth enrichment organization in Indianapolis.
4.
A'Lelia Bundles was inducted into Harvard's Alpha Iota chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
5.
A'Lelia Bundles received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1976.
6.
A'Lelia Bundles was a producer and executive with ABC News, serving as director of talent development in Washington, DC, and New York; as deputy bureau chief in Washington, DC; as a producer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; and as chair of a diversity council advising ABC News president David Westin.
7.
A'Lelia Bundles was a producer in Washington, DC, for two of NBC's magazine programs co-anchored by Connie Chung and Roger Mudd during the 1980s.
8.
A'Lelia Bundles is a trustee emerita of Columbia University and chair emerita of the Board of Directors of the National Archives Foundation.
9.
A'Lelia Bundles was president of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association from 1999 to 2001 and chaired the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's alumni advisory committee to change the school's alumni organization in 2006.
10.
A'Lelia Bundles collaborated with Mattel on the production of a Madam Walker Barbie as part of Barbie's Inspiring Women Series in August 2022.
11.
A'Lelia Bundles is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as a direct descendant of American Revolutionary War patriot Ishmael Roberts.