Betsy Martin  Betsy Fischer Martin (born February 17, 1970) is an American Emmy-winning journalist and former TV news executive at NBC's “Meet the Press,” the longest-running program in television history. She is currently the Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University and the Executive-in-Residence. Martin is also a Fellow in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. She is a member of the International Advisory Council of APCO Worldwide and she is the founder, and principal, of her own consulting business, Fischer Martin Media, where she specializes in offering media training to corporate executives. Betsy Fischer Martin was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on February 17, 1970. Her mother, Sally F. Pomeroy, was a member of the New Orleans Opera Chorus and retired as a piano and voice teacher in Metairie, Louisiana. Her father, Rev. George J. Fischer, retired as the pastor of First Union Presbyterian Church in Luling, Louisiana. Betsy Fischer Martin attended Grace King High School, a public high school located in Metairie, Louisiana, which she graduated from in 1988. She obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from American University in Washington D.C. She completed her B.A. in 1992 (Cum Laude) with a major in justice and a minor in political science. She obtained an M.A in 1996 in journalism and public affairs. During her time at American University she was also a research assistant at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. In 2012 Martin married Jonathan Lansing Martin. She has one daughter from her previous marriage, and lives with her husband in Falls Church, Virginia. Martin began her career by interning in 1991 at NBC's Political/Poling Unit and “Meet the Press,” in Washington D.C. Within this department at NBC from 1991 to 2002 she moved through the ranks achieving the positions of Researcher, Associate Producer, Producer, and Senior Producer with “Meet the Press.” She worked closely for 17 years with her mentor, Tim Russert, producing his interviews on “Meet the Press” as well as producing NBC's coverage for the political elections, including four presidential elections (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004). This coverage included the primaries, party conventions, debates, and election night broadcasts. In 2002 she became the Executive Producer of “Meet the Press,” a position that she held for 11 years. During this time, she oversaw all editorial content, guest-selection, strategic planning, production, marketing, special online programming, and financial decision-making for the program.