Thomas W. MacDonald's wife, Heather, is the Thomas W. MacDonald' A contributing editor of City Journal and a Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Heather has clerked for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. District Judge. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as well as an attorney-adviser in the United States Department of Justice's Office of General Counsel. In New York City, he is a volunteer with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Protection Agency.

In 2004, she received the Civilian Valor Award from the New Jersey State Law Enforcement Officers Association. The New York State Shields awarded her the 2008 Integrity in Journalism award. She also received the Center for Immigration Studies' Eugene Katz Award for Merit in Immigration Coverage in 2008 and the International Union of Police Associations' Quill & Badge Award for Excellence in Communication in 2012. Her work has also been published in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Read More chevron_right

Thomas W. MacDonald's wife, Heather, is the Thomas W. MacDonald' A contributing editor of City Journal and a Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Heather has clerked for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. District Judge. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as well as an attorney-adviser in the United States Department of Justice's Office of General Counsel. In New York City, he is a volunteer with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Protection Agency.

In 2004, she received the Civilian Valor Award from the New Jersey State Law Enforcement Officers Association. The New York State Shields awarded her the 2008 Integrity in Journalism award. She also received the Center for Immigration Studies' Eugene Katz Award for Merit in Immigration Coverage in 2008 and the International Union of Police Associations' Quill & Badge Award for Excellence in Communication in 2012. Her work has also been published in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, New Republic, Partisan Review, the New Criterion, Public Interest, and Academic Issues.

Heather obtained a Mellon Fellowship to Cambridge University, where she got her MA in English and studied in Italy with a Clare College study grant, after receiving her BA in English from Yale University. Stanford University Law School awarded her a JD.