Sophie Pyle

Infobox


labelstyle = background:pink;
label1 = Name
data1 = Sophie Spencer Pyle
label2 = Birth
data2 = July 2, 1987
label3 = Hometown
data3 = Arlington, Virginia
label4 = Occupation
data4 = Lobbyist Intern
Television personality
label5 = Years Active
data5 = 2008-present
label6 = Website
data6 = [http://www.sophiepyle.com www.sophiepyle.com]

Sophie Spencer Pyle (b. July 2, 1987) is one of the principal characters in an upcoming cable television docu-series that follows the social and professional day-to-day lives of several members of Washington, D.C.’s under-30 set.

Background

Sophie Pyle was born at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC to Susan Dickenson, a writer/editor for "Home Accents Today", and Nicholas Pyle, a Washington DC lobbyist. She is the eldest of three daughters, Jane Pyle (b. 1990) and Olivia Pyle (b. 1993), and has a step-sister named Amalia Dickenson (b. 1986). She lived in Washington until the age of three, when her family moved to Arlington, Virginia. Shortly after her parents' divorce in 2003, Pyle and her sisters moved with their mother to her hometown of High Point, North Carolina, where she lived for a short time before returning to Arlington and graduating from Yorktown High School in 2005. Currently, Pyle is in her senior year as a communications major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Professional Career

Pyle & Associates

Pyle spent several summer breaks working at Pyle & Associates, a lobbying firm founded by her grandfather, Robert Pyle, in the late seventies [" [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_39/hoh/28714-1.html Real World Lobbying] ", Capitol Hill Roll Call, Heil and Brotherton, 08-25-08] . In the spring of 2008, she completed a three-month internship at the National Press Club in Washington. At Pyle & Associates she wrote newsletters and press releases, assisted with association meetings and occasionally mingled with Capitol Hill frequenters such as Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and John Kerry. She also spent the summer of 2005 interning for former congressman Charles Bass (R-NH). [" [http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dnd9n5p_1hkjjn3dd Summer Gig] ", High Point Enterprise, Tomlin, 07-05-05]

"Blonde Charity Mafia"

Pyle took the Fall 2008 semester off to film "Blonde Charity Mafia", a reality show based on the website Late Night Shots [http://www.latenightshots.com] . The series includes several scenes filmed in and around Georgetown, capturing Pyle politicking by day and in the social scene by night. The program is slated to premiere on Lifetime starting in January 2009. [" [http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/features/student_recorded_in_reel_life Student recorded in reel life] ", Daily Tar Heel, Emily Kennard, 10-3-08]

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