About Us
Barbara Harrison
Barbara Harrison
Barbara Harrison
Barbara Harrison is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist with over four decades
of experience anchoring and reporting at major broadcast networks across the
country. Beginning her career in radio, she later transitioned to television news,
anchoring and reporting for over 30 years at NBC Washington. Barbara has been celebrated with hundr
Barbara Harrison is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist with over four decades
of experience anchoring and reporting at major broadcast networks across the
country. Beginning her career in radio, she later transitioned to television news,
anchoring and reporting for over 30 years at NBC Washington. Barbara has been celebrated with hundreds of local and national accolades as a talented writer- producer, as host for award-winning features, and especially for her many up-close and revealing interviews with leading politicians, iconic stars of sports, stage and
screen, and everyday people who comfortably respond to her warm and welcoming
style of conversation. She is a legendary figure who admits that her favorite pastimes
are listening and sharing life stories with everyone she has a chance to talk with.
Celia Straus
Barbara Harrison
Barbara Harrison
Celia Straus is a best-selling author, award-winning screenwriter and live event
creator and founding partner of Barbara Harrison Media. Her father, a WWII bomber
pilot served in the USAF so she was a "military brat" who went to 19 different schools
before graduating from high school. For years she designed and wrote the PBS annual
National M
Celia Straus is a best-selling author, award-winning screenwriter and live event
creator and founding partner of Barbara Harrison Media. Her father, a WWII bomber
pilot served in the USAF so she was a "military brat" who went to 19 different schools
before graduating from high school. For years she designed and wrote the PBS annual
National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall and the Anti Defamation League's
Concert Against Hate at the Kennedy Center. She is a member of the Writers Guild of
America East. She is the author of the BoBo and Iris series of children's picture books
about an orphaned baby elephant in Kenya initially created for her grandchildren in
London and Boston. She has been married for forty years to the man with whom she
still shares candlelit dinners and romantic music.
Francine Levinson
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles
Francine Levinson is co-founder of the First Women’s Bank of Maryland, opened two-
location lingerie and apparel boutiques, and co-produced the book Extraordinary Women - Fantasies Revealed. She also served as President or Chair of numerous charitable organizations, including the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs, Women’s Division -
Francine Levinson is co-founder of the First Women’s Bank of Maryland, opened two-
location lingerie and apparel boutiques, and co-produced the book Extraordinary Women - Fantasies Revealed. She also served as President or Chair of numerous charitable organizations, including the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs, Women’s Division - Israel Bonds and the Women’s Division of the Hebrew Home of
Greater Washington. Francine has been married for nearly 60 years TO THE SAME MAN and has three daughters and three grandchildren. She’s not afraid of a “tuck” here and there and works out every day to keep herself young. Adventures to Antarctica, trekking to gorillas in Uganda, shopping for “great deals” around the
world and canasta fill out the rest of her days.
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles is a child and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private
practice in Washington, DC. She specializes in the developmental issues of children and adolescents. She also treats couples and serves as an expert witness in high-profile, high-conflict divorce cases where she represents the needs of the children. S
Dr. Carlotta (Buffy) Miles is a child and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private
practice in Washington, DC. She specializes in the developmental issues of children and adolescents. She also treats couples and serves as an expert witness in high-profile, high-conflict divorce cases where she represents the needs of the children. She is nationally and internationally known as a speaker and published author. She
has won many professional awards and served on many boards as well as a psychiatric consultant for a number of private schools nationwide including the National Cathedral School, George Washington University School of Medicine and Howard University College of Medicine.