Karna Small Bodman

Karna Small Bodman began her career as a television news anchor and reporter in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. She also did political commentary for the ABC network in New York. When Ronald Reagan was elected President, he named Karna as his Deputy Press Secretary. Later, when she switched to foreign policy issues and became Senior Director and Spokesman for the National Security Council, she was the highest ranking woman on the White House staff.