Her mother retired as the chief of staff for the Interior Department in Washington.

Her father retired as the chief of cardiology at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

Her mother, a poet, retired as the chief of the letters department at Time magazine in Manhattan.

Her father retired as a lieutenant general and the chief of engineering for the Taiwan Army.

Her father retired as the chief of radiology at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut.

He retired from government service in 2002 as the chief of the Center of Military History's library and archives.

Her father retired as the chief of the Norwood Fire Department.

His father retired as the chief of the fire department in Newburgh.

His father retired as the chief of the planning oversight division of the Federal Transit Administration.

He held several other posts before retiring as the chief of consumer information in the office of market incentives in 1985.