33 Facts About Michelle Nunn

Mary Michelle Nunn was born on November 16,1966 and is an American philanthropic executive and politician.

Michelle Nunn was CEO of Points of Light, an American nonprofit organization, from 2007 to 2013, and is a member of its board of directors as of 2015.

Michelle Nunn had been an executive for the volunteer service organization since 1990, previously running the predecessor and member organizations Hands On Atlanta, City Cares, and HandsOn Network.

Michelle Nunn is the daughter of former US Senator Sam Nunn.

Michelle Nunn is the daughter of Sam Nunn, a lawyer, farmer, and politician, and Colleen Ann Nunn, who worked for the US State Department, and then briefly for the Central Intelligence Agency under foreign service cover, before becoming a stay-at-home mother.

Michelle Nunn has a brother, Samuel Brian, known as Brian, two years younger.

Michelle Nunn subsequently was elected to four terms as US Senator from Georgia, serving from 1972 to 1997, and was chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1987 to 1995.

Michelle Nunn went to the all-girls, private National Cathedral School in Washington, where she played on the basketball team and graduated in 1985.

Michelle Nunn attended the University of Virginia, majoring in history with a minor in religious studies, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Michelle Nunn studied at the University of Oxford during 1987.

Michelle Nunn studied for four months in India during 1989.

Michelle Nunn graduated from the University of Virginia in 1989.

In May 1990, Michelle Nunn became full-time executive director, and by September 1990, Hands On Atlanta was coordinating 700 volunteers.

Michelle Nunn earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government in 2001.

At a beach ceremony on Cumberland Island in Georgia on June 2,2001, Michelle Nunn married Ron Martin Jr.

Michelle Nunn considered a run in the 2004 US Senate election in Georgia, when Democratic incumbent Zell Miller decided to retire.

Michelle Nunn was assessed at the time by Emory University political scientist Merle Black as having few political assets other than her father's name.

In late 2003, Michelle Nunn left Hands On Atlanta to become president of City Cares.

In 2006, Michelle Nunn was named to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.

On July 22,2013, Michelle Nunn declared herself a candidate for US Senate.

Michelle Nunn is every bit her father's daughter, down to her owlish glasses and centrist message about curing dysfunction in Washington.

Michelle Nunn's campaign was hurt by a leaked campaign memo from December 2013 which made frank recommendations on strategy for Michelle Nunn's path to victory in Georgia.

Michelle Nunn declined to say whether she would have voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act had she been in the Senate but said that going forward, some aspects of it should be fixed rather than the whole law being eliminated.

Michelle Nunn criticized Georgia's refusal to accept Medicaid expansion under the act.

Michelle Nunn favored construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and opposed the Obama administration's proposed cuts to defense spending.

Michelle Nunn was endorsed by EMILY's List, a political action committee that assists pro-choice Democratic women with their campaigns.

Michelle Nunn proposed that members of Congress should be forced to pass a budget each year or forfeit their pay, said there was blame on both sides for ongoing Congressional dysfunction, and declined to say whether she would support Harry Reid remaining as Senate Majority Leader.

Michelle Nunn made her father a focal point, staging joint appearances with him at military bases and saying that she would emulate his bipartisan approach to legislating.

Michelle Nunn received support and donations from former Republican Senators Richard Lugar and John Warner, both of whom were close to her father, and support from former Georgia Senator and Governor Zell Miller, a Democrat who had endorsed Republicans over the previous decade.

Michelle Nunn failed to improve on Obama's losing percentages in the state from two years earlier and any changes in the state's demographics were not enough.

In 2018, Michelle Nunn became a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, a US-based think tank that seeks to foster better governments, prosperity, and social equity in Central and South America.

Michelle Nunn was chosen in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential Georgians by Georgia Trend.

In 2022 Michelle Nunn was the recipient of the Academy of International Business International Executive of the Year Award.