Phyllis Jordan

Vice President

Phyllis Jordan comes to The Hatcher Group after 26 years in daily journalism, including nearly a decade as an editor at The Washington Post. Phyllis served as the Post’s Maryland Editor, managing a staff of nearly 40 reporters and editors who covered suburban Maryland. Her tenure on the Maryland desk included directing coverage of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, the Washington area snipers, the arrival of No Child Left Behind and the election of two Maryland governors.

Before joining the Post, Phyllis was city editor of the Los Angeles Times’ Ventura County edition. Her 12 years as a reporter included stints as a Washington correspondent for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, a state house reporter for The Fairfax Journal and extensive experience covering education, local government, social services, health care and military affairs.

Phyllis has a master’s journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s in English and history from Sweet Briar College in Virginia. A native of Lexington, Va., Phyllis now lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two children.

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