Doris McMillon
Instructor
Doris McMillon is one of the top media training consultants in the United States, who has served government agencies, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 corporations with award-winning campaigns and measurable success for more than 30 years.
She offers a variety of communications services from dynamic leadership training to community outreach and media placement. McMillon is noted for personalized service and attention to detail. Doris McMillon is nationally renowned for her expertise in key message development, media interview training, executive presentation coaching, image branding, and customer service training and facilitation. McMillon has decades of experience in Communications training, reaching and motivating diverse audiences, specifically in the education arena.
Ms. McMillon’s personal stamp of integrity and efficiency is the guiding force behind her long-term success. A veteran journalist, newscaster, and producer, this communications strategist has decades of business experience. Her work includes posts at major market radio stations, the three major networks, and cable news networks.
She is an instructor at The Graduate School USA in Washington, D.C., where she teaches all levels of government employees how to communicate effectively in their workplace. In addition, Ms. McMillon provides online instruction for the school’s communications courses. She provides media interview training for senior executive service personnel who are tasked with providing important policy-making functions.
As a sought-after speaker and event host, Ms. McMillon also provides spokesperson presentation coaching. She is a co-author of The ABCs of Media: Turning Negative News into Positive Press. She is currently working on a publication entitled An Accidental Entrepreneur: My Unexpected Journey.
Ms. McMillon is the author of Mixed Blessing, an autobiography that tells the story of her search for her German mother and African American father. Her production of Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder is an award-winning documentary that chronicles the plight of mixed-race children born in Germany after World War II.
A polished actress, Ms. McMillon plays herself as an anchorwoman in Clint Eastwood’s movie, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, Wesley Snipes’ movie, MURDER AT 1600, and HEAD OF STATE, with Chris Rock and Bernie Mac. She also plays herself as a news anchor for the TV series The West Wing, NCIS, and The Wire.
For eight years, McMillon hosted Education News Parents Can Use for the U.S. Department of Education. The program focused on schools, learning, and the implementation of federal education regulations and law, including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Its purpose was to offer parents information about getting involved in their children’s learning. Some of the topics addressed were Math and Science Education: Critical Skills for the 21st Century, Teacher Quality: Inspiring Excellence and Strengthening Innovation, and Transforming Higher Education: Access and Affordability for All Students. In addition, McMillon was the Education Reporter at WJLA TV, Channel 7, in Washington, D.C. She is a dual citizen of the United States and the European Union (Germany), and is conversant in French.
