Kate Walsh O'Beirne was the former president of National Review Institute and the Washington, DC editor of National Review.
13 Facts About Kate O'Beirne
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Kate O'Beirne served as a substitute host on CNN's Crossfire, a commentator for NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and a political analyst for MSNBC's Hardball.
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Kate O'Beirne grew up in Manhasset, New York on Long Island.
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Kate O'Beirne was raised in a traditional Irish Catholic family.
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Kate O'Beirne's father was Matthew Walsh, longtime owner of famed Manhattan saloon Jimmy Ryan's where dozens of jazz legends played, including Sidney Bechet, Ben Webster, and Coleman Hawkins.
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Kate O'Beirne attended St Mary's High School, graduating in 1967, and then attended Good Counsel College, a Catholic women's school in White Plains, New York, where she majored in English and journalism.
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Kate O'Beirne returned to his office as an aide after graduation.
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In 1986, the family moved to Washington, DC, where Kate O'Beirne served as deputy assistant secretary for legislation at the United States Department of Health and Human Services until 1988.
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Kate O'Beirne then became deputy director of domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, where she supervised studies in the area of health care, welfare, education, and housing and later served as the foundation's vice president of government relations.
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Kate O'Beirne was responsible for keeping Washington policymakers abreast of Heritage proposals and research findings in all areas of the foundation's study.
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Kate O'Beirne simultaneously served as a contributing editor for National Review.
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Kate O'Beirne received an honorary degree from St John's University in 1997.
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Kate O'Beirne was president of National Review Institute, a nonprofit public policy organization.