[5] She then worked for the Ronald Reagan 1984 presidential campaign, and then as head of communications for the Oliver Carr Company a Washington real estate development firm.

[5] In 1992, she was appointed as the first assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) then headed by New York Republican U.S. Representative Jack Kemp.

[5] The chairman of ABC News, Roone Arledge, recruited her to become the head of communications of the division.

[5] Westin is chair of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, an independent research and innovation lab named for Sesame Street’s founder.

[14] In 2014 Westin was awarded an honorary doctorate from Concordia College in New York.