Julie Menin is a frequent television commentator who regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News and has been featured on many other popular shows, such as CBS Early Morning, the CBS Evening News, and The Today Show. Julie is also a contributing blogger to The Huffington Post. A prominent civic leader and former regulatory lawyer, Julie fosters substantive and engaging conversations from innovative angles.
Julie is a proactive voice spearheading community improvement. She is a board member of the Women’s Campaign Forum and serves as the Chairperson of New York City’s Community Board 1. She was elected Chairperson of CB1 in 2005 and unanimously reelected in 2006 and 2008. Julie is the Founder and former President of Wall Street Rising, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Lower Manhattan in the wake of the events of September 11th. She served as a Redistricting Commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and sits on six government and civic boards in New York City.
Julie was recently named by City Hall newspaper as one of the city’s “40 Under 40″ Rising Stars in New York politics. She was voted by the New York Resident as one of the “100 Top New Yorkers”, was named NY1’s “New Yorker of the Week”, and her civic awards include the Women’s Campaign Fund’s “Rising Star” award, the City Women’s Club’s “Civic Spirit Award”, A.C.E’s 2008 “Public Service” award, and Manhattan Youth’s “2008 Public Service Award”.
Formerly an attorney at Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington DC and at Colgate-Palmolive in NY, Julie graduated with a degree in political science magna cum laude from Columbia University and received her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law.
About the Show
Julie Menin’s Give and Take is an in-depth interview program that explores current events and features prominent figures from a wide variety of fields including business, law, politics, science, medicine, and the arts. Through one-on-one interviews and panel discussions, the program also examines today’s major headlines and newsmakers, with a particular focus on a woman’s perspective.
Guests
Recent and upcoming Give and Take guests include: CNBC Anchor Maria Bartiromo, former New York Banking Superintendent Diana Taylor, famed-photographer Annie Liebowitz, New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Paola Antonelli (curator of Architecture and Design for the Museum of Modern Art), Marci Klein (Producer of “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock”), Jami Floyd (host of TruTV’s “In Session” and former Domestic Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton during the Clinton Administration), Alexandra Lebenthal (a leading woman on Wall Street and former CEO of Lebenthal and Co.), entrepreneur Liz Lange (founder of Liz Lange Maternity), and “Today Show” nutrition expert Joy Bauer.
Dates & Times
Julie Menin’s Give and Take airs on WNBC’s new 24-hour news channel, New York Nonstop on Sundays at 7PM Eastern. (Time Warner channel 161, RCN channel 28, Cablevision channels 109 or 118, Comcast channels 248 or 158, and Verizon Fios 460). Both the edited and complete interviews stream here on the program’s website.
