Colleen Elizabeth Coffey

"Ms. Coffey, 34, is the communications manager for the Research Center for Leadership in Action in New York, which is part of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. She graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego and received a master's degree in international print journalism from American University.

"She is a daughter of Kathy Coffey and Mike Coffey, both of Denver. Her mother is the author of 12 books about spirituality, including Mary (Orbis Books, 2009). Her father retired as a fifth-grade teacher at Independence Elementary School in Aurora, Colo. "