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Cathy Burnham Martin
Martin in 2014
Martin in 2014
BornCatherine Ann Burnham
May 10, 1954
Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA
OccupationAuthor, voice-over artist, journalist, and motivational business speaker
Education2009 Masters in Corporate & Organizational Communications
Alma materNortheastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
GenresNon-fiction, Fiction, and Cookbooks
SubjectsLife Lessons, Biography, Humor, Historical Fiction
Notable works2013 – “Dog Days in the Life of the Miles-Mannered Man”

2014 – “Of the Same Blood: Your Eurasian Heritage”

2015 -- "Healthy Thinking Habits: Seven Attitude Skills Simplified"

2016 – “A Dangerous Book for Dogs: How to Train Your Human”

2017 -- "Lobacious Lobster: Decadently Super Simple Recipes"

2017 – “The Bimbo Has Brains… and Other Freaky Facts”

2018 -- "The Bimbo Has MORE Brains... Surviving Political Correctness"

2019 -- "Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best" [1]

2020 -- "Good Living Skills: Learned from my Mother"

2021 -- "Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear"

2022 -- "Destiny of Determination: Faith and Family"[2]
Notable awards2009 Easter Seals David P. Goodwin Lifetime Commitment Award
SpouseRonald Charles Martin
Children4 Step-Children: Christopher, Keira, Nina, and Adam
RelativesParents: Robert & Glenna Burnham; Siblings: Deborah Burnham & James Burnham
Website
goodliving123.com

Cathy Burnham Martin (born May 10, 1954) is an American author,[3][4] voiceover artist,[5] actress,[6] and former television news anchor.[7] She has authored more than twenty books, including the humorous human training manual “A Dangerous Book for Dogs” and “Of the Same Blood: Your Eurasian Heritage,” which reflects on her grandmother's life drama and her Armenian-European-American heritage. Martin produces and narrates audiobooks for both fiction and nonfiction titles.[8] She is noted for creating the KISS™ Keep It Super Simple[9] cookbook series. A member of the Actors' Equity Association since 1994, she was a 20+ year professional member of the National Speakers Association since 1995, where she is referred to as “The Morale Booster.”[10][11]

Early life

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Born in Goffstown, New Hampshire,[12][13] Catherine Ann Burnham is the middle child of Robert and Glenna Burnham. Before graduating from Goffstown High School in 1972,[14][15] Cathy represented the Granite State in the America's Junior Miss Pageant[16] in Mobile, Alabama as New Hampshire's Junior Miss.[17]

She studied Speech and Theatre[18] at Stetson University[19][20][21] in DeLand, Florida, before transferring to Southern New Hampshire University (then New Hampshire College)[22] in 1974.[23] As a student, she made her professional acting debut in 1974 in a New Hampshire Repertory Theatre production of "The Miracle Worker" to re-open the historic Palace Theatre (Manchester, New Hampshire).[24] Burnham says among her most important college experiences were serving a 1974 summer internship in Copenhagen, Denmark, and representing the state again as Miss New Hampshire 1975 in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing.

Career

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While still in college, Martin traveled as soloist and public relations director for the “I Like the U.S. of A.” National Touring Company.[25] She then served as a marketing rep, recruiting students for Boston's Burdett School. She continued recruiting at Southern New Hampshire University, where she also coached cheerleading, directed plays, and coordinated the tour guides.

In 1983 she hosted her first telethon for Easter Seals of New Hampshire, which led to her being hired by WMUR-TV (ABC) in Manchester, New Hampshire. As Special Projects Coordinator she produced and hosted a number of documentaries and television specials for the ABC affiliate, along with reporting and anchoring the nightly lifestyles and entertainment reports.[26]

In 1987 she originated WMUR's “5:30 Live” on location news magazine program, before taking over the 6 and 11 o’clock anchor desk in 1988.[27][28] By the time she left WMUR-TV in 1994, Martin had accumulated numerous NH Broadcasting Association awards for documentaries, specials, and news coverage as well as accolades as the State's favorite media personality.[29] She also anchored at WABU-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and managed the PEG community access station[30] BCTV[31] in Bedford, NH.[32] Under her leadership, BCTV won its first awards from the Northeast Alliance for Community Media,[33] capturing 6 awards for excellence, and topping other stations from New England, New York, and New Jersey.[34]

A business speaker, Burnham's SpeakEasy 123™, involved corporate communications coaching and video production.[35] The talent division also enabled her to resume her professional acting and voiceover endeavors.

In 1998, she was recognized as a contributing author of “The Communications Coach: Tips from the Pros,” which featured her “Taming the Media Monster.” By 2005 the book “A Healthier You” was published, featuring her “Healthy Thinking Habits” along with interviews from Billy Blanks and Deepak Chopra. Her first solo book was released in 2007. “Dog Days in the Life of the Miles-Mannered Man” was also released as an Audiobook in 2016. In 2017 Quiet Thunder Publishing[36] released "The Bimbo Has Brains,"[37] Martin's life lessons book focused on stereotypes, double standards, and relationships.[38][39] In 2022, she received the Silver Literary Titan Award for "Destiny of Determination: Faith and Family," book 2 in the Destiny historical fiction trilogy.[40][41]

Along with voiceover work, Cathy Burnham Martin continues to write books, along with articles for the GoodLiving123.com blog, which she has written since May, 2011.

References

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  1. ^ "Encouragement: How to be and Find the Best".
  2. ^ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/destiny-of-determination-cathy-burnham-martin/1141875425
  3. ^ Calo, Jesus (17 Feb 2017). "Four Decades of Style: Kay's on the Beach". Coastal Breeze News. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  4. ^ "Milford – Local Authors Open House". Toadstool Bookshops. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  5. ^ "Audiobook Creation Exchange". ACX. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  6. ^ "Bring Home a Piece of the Palace Theatre this Holiday". 14 Dec 2014. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  7. ^ Diamond, Edwin (9 Mar 1992). Primary Source: Going National. New York Magazine. p. 16. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  8. ^ "Cathy Burnham Martin". Audible. Retrieved 5 Nov 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Trademark Electronic Search System - KISS". United States Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Government. Retrieved 5 Nov 2017.
  10. ^ "Cathy Burnham Martin". Celebrity Talent Promotions. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  11. ^ "Cathy Burnham Martin Speaker". Speakerpedia. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  12. ^ "Goffstown". Town of Goffstown. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  13. ^ "Co-Eds Pledge Sororities at Stetson University". Fort Walton Beach Daily News. 22 Sep 1972. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  14. ^ "Cathy Burnham - Goffstown High School Class of 1972". Goffstown High School. High School Network. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  15. ^ "Class of 1972". Goffstown High School. Old Friends. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  16. ^ "Distinguished Young Women Program". Distinguished Young Women. Retrieved 5 Nov 2017.
  17. ^ "New Hampshire's Junior Miss". The Telegraph. 27 Nov 1972. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  18. ^ "N.H. Beauty Impressive at Miss America Pageant". The Telegraph. 5 Sep 1975. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  19. ^ "Stetson University". Stetson University. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  20. ^ "Cheerleaders Pose". Stetson University Archives. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  21. ^ Stetson Cupola (September 1973). "Kirschman to Head Alumni Homecoming Fete". No. 1. Stetson University. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  22. ^ "The History of SNHU". Southern New Hampshire University. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  23. ^ Huard, Jacqueline (18 Aug 1975). "Miss New Hampshire Discusses Coming Pageant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  24. ^ McQuaid, Katie (8 Mar 2015). "Pi, by any other name, just as sweet". The Union Leader. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  25. ^ "Children's Theatre Auditions Slated to Select Bicentennial Touring Co". The Telegraph. 10 May 1975. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  26. ^ Resnick, Miles (2006). I've Got News for You (1 ed.). Xlibris Corporation. pp. 66, 67, 80. ISBN 978-1-4257-3204-2.
  27. ^ Tierney, John (16 Jan 1992). "The 1992 Campaign: Media; Candidates Are on Call for Small TV Station". New York Times. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  28. ^ Kurtz, Howard (12 Feb 1992). "For New Hampshire Voters, Nowhere to Hide". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  29. ^ Avard, Kevin (6 Jan 2015). "Gate City Chronicles". Nashua Public Access Television. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  30. ^ "Public, Educational, and Governmental Public Access Channels". Federal Communications Commission. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  31. ^ Remillard, Kathy (16 May 2013). "BCTV has expanded from humble beginnings, now state of the art". Bedford Bulletin - Union Leader. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  32. ^ "BCTV-Bedford Community TV". BedfordNH. Town of Bedford, New Hampshire. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
  33. ^ "Northeast Region". Northeast Alliance for Community Media. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  34. ^ Fisk, William H. "BCTV". Bedford Town Annual Report. Town of Bedford, NH. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  35. ^ "Easter Seals elects chairman, board members". New Hampshire Business Review. 14 Dec 2005. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  36. ^ "Quiet Thunder Publishing". Quiet Thunder Publishing. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  37. ^ "The Bimbo Has Brains… and Other Freaky Facts". Gibson's Bookstore. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  38. ^ Cousineau, Michael (13 Jun 2017). "In New Book Former Miss NH and WMUR-TV Anchor Opens Up about a Dark Chapter". The Union Leader. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
  39. ^ McKenzie, Mitzi. "New Hampshire Author Cathy Burnham Martin's New Book "The Bimbo Has Brains" Blasts Stereotypes and Much More". PR Web. Page Publishing. Retrieved 16 Oct 2017.
  40. ^ "Search Results for "Destiny of Determination"".
  41. ^ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/destiny-of-determination-cathy-burnham-martin/1141875425
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