Melody Barnes

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Melody Barnes

Director of the Domestic Policy Council
In office January 20, 2009 – January 2, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman
Preceded by	Karl Zinsmeister
Succeeded by	Cecilia Muñoz
Personal details
Born	(1964-04-29) April 29, 1964 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Marland Buckner
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Melody C. Barnes (b. April 29, 1964, Richmond, Virginia)^[1] was chosen by President Barack Obama to serve as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council for his administration.^[2] Obama announced her appointment on November 24, 2008. She was previously Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress^[3] and led the CAP's Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. She left the CAP in June 2008 to work on the Obama campaign. She also served on the advisory board for the Obama presidential transition team,.^[4]

Career

Barnes began her career as an attorney with Shearman & Sterling.^[5] She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Constitution Project. She received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated with honors in History in 1986.^[5] As an undergraduate, she was a Brother of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity and a Sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

From 1995 to 2003 Barnes served as chief counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[5]

She previously served as the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and as assistant counsel to the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties,^[5] where she worked with Congress to pass the Voting Rights Improvement Act of 1992. She was a board member of EMILY's List. In November of 2011 Barnes announced her resignation from the post of domestic policy adviser.^[6] She now is chair of the Aspen Institute's Forum for Community Solutions.^[7]

Personal

Her mother is a teacher with a Master's degree in Education and her father is a retired member of the United States Army.^{[citation needed]}

Barnes married Marland Buckner Jr. on June 13, 2009 in Washington, DC.^[8]

References

↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/us/politics/25web-barnes.html Retrieved on 2009-2-25.
↑ "Geithner, Summers among key economic team members announced today". Retrieved 2008-11-24.
↑ Barnes, Melody (January 22, 2007). "What a Progressive President Might Say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
↑ "Obama Names Transition Team". Retrieved 2008-11-06.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Melody Barnes". Retrieved 2008-11-27.
↑ Melody Barnes leaving White House, November 24, 2011
↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/melody-barnes-aspen-ideas-disconnected-youth_n_3530576.html
↑ NYT wedding announcement

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Melody Barnes collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
Appearances on C-SPAN
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Barnes, January 14, 2007
Melody Barnes collected news and commentary at The New York Times
Works by or about Melody Barnes in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Wedding announcement, The New York Times, June 20, 2009
Gallery of pictures from wedding to Marland Buckner, Washington Post

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jacob Lew Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012- 2009-11 2011-2013 2013-	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken	2009-10 2010-13 2013- 2009–10 2010-13 2013-
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Mark B. Childress David Axelrod David Plouffe Pete Rouse	2009-11 2011- 2012- 2009–11 2011- 2009-	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Douglas Lute^† Ben Rhodes	2009– 2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen Jon Carson	2009–11 2011--	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009-10 2011-
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Communications Director	Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri	2009-13 2013–
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling	2009–10 2011-	Deputy White House Communications Director White House Press Secretary	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Robert Gibbs Jay Carney	2009–11 2011–13 2009–11 2011-
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–11
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman Brian Deese	2009– 2011-	Director of Special Projects	Stephanie Cutter	2010-11
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee	2009–10 2010-	White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors	2009–11 2011- 2009–11 2011-
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011-	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jacob Lew	2009–10 2010–12	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra Todd Park	2009–11 2009 2012 2012-
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Chief Information Officer Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Steven VanRoekel Nancy Hogan	2011– 2010–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom*	2010 2011-	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr.	2009-11 2011- 2009-
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011-	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker	2009–11 2011-
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Nancy Sutley Jeffrey Crowley	2009– 2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009-10 2011-
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard	2009–10 2010–11 2011–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

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Name	Barnes, Melody
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Date of birth	April 29, 1964
Place of birth	Richmond, Virginia
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