Maegan Carberry is a journalist, media strategist and lecturer.

Building off of her first gig as a Chicago Tribune reporter and columnist, Maegan later became Arianna Huffington’s Chief of Staff and then went on to work as an independent journalist and web entrepreneur, where she co-founded a thriving women’s lifestyle social network called TruuConfessions. Inspired by the historic 2008 presidential election, she became Rock the Vote’s Communications Director during the 2010 midterm elections. She also helped launch the organization’s high school civics program, Democracy Class, and fought against restrictive laws around the country that make voter registration harder for young Americans.

As a columnist, blogger and analyst, Maegan has covered the 2008 presidential election from Iowa to Inauguration, the evolution of the media business, and the role of digital movements in 21st century politics. She has contributed to Mashable, Huffington Post, Editor & Publisher, and other sites. She appears as a frequent guest on FOX Business News, and has been quoted in outlets like CNN, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report, and the Atlantic Wire. She’s interviewed cultural icons like Jennifer Lopez and Hugh Hefner to President Barack Obama.

Maegan has lectured at UCLA, USC, Occidental, Northwestern, Hamilton college and The Washington Center. She also devised the curriculum and taught political journalism at Chicago’s Roosevelt University as an adjunct professor.

She has a master’s degree in journalism and media management from Northwestern University, where she won the school’s highest honor, the Harrington Award for professional excellence. As an undergraduate she studied political science and English at UCLA, where she proudly served as opinion page editor of the Daily Bruin.

Maegan is a co-founder of the dot2dot leadership network, and serves on the advisory board of Small Things Matter, which uses technology to help the homeless. She also enjoys volunteering with Reading to Kids in Los Angeles.

A native San Diegan, Maegan’s adventurous spirit and love of architecture inspired her to live in the United States greatest cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. She is utterly enamored with her enormous cat, Scarlett O’Hara. She is a zealous UCLA basketball fan, and would rather be flattened by Brian Urlacher than miss a Chicago Bears game. When she’s not on political adventures, at tech conferences or hunched over her BlackBerry twittering, her nose is usually in a Paulo Cohelo book. Or you’ll catch her performing JoDee Messina songs at karaoke bars. Her father, Ed, is the head football coach at Southwestern Community College and her mother, Dianna, is a high school administrator.

Please direct general inquiries to Eric Kuhn of the United Talent Agency at 310-273-6700. Literary inquiries should be made to Alice Fried Martell at 212-317-2672.