Betsy Fischer Martin is an Emmy-winning journalist and TV news executive. Currently she is Executive Director of AU School of Public Affairs’ Women & Politics Institute and an SPA Executive in Residence. She also founded her own consulting business, Fischer Martin Media, where she specializes in providing media training to corporate executives. In the fall of 2023, she was a resident fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics where she conducted a weekly seminar on the presidential election.

During her earlier career in television news, she was the Managing Editor of NBC News Political Programming, where she was responsible for the development and execution of network political coverage. Before being promoted to the executive role at NBC News in 2013, Fischer Martin was the executive producer of the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program, Meet the Press with Tim Russert, for 11 years. Overall, her tenure with the program extended over 22 years, beginning as an internship during her senior year of college at American University.

She serves as immediate past president of Washington’s International Women’s Forum and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  She is an alumni member of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum.