Joshua DuBois

DuBois in July 2009.

Joshua DuBois (born in 1982) led community and faith-based partnerships for the Obama White House as the former head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.^[1]^[2]^[3] In February 2013 he stepped down to write a book of devotionals based on the ones he sends Obama, start a consulting firm, and become the weekly religion and community solutions columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.^[4]^[5] DuBois has been included among "The Root 100" and Ebony Magazine's "Power 150" lists of the most influential African Americans in the country.^[6]He also appeared on the cover of Christianity Today magazine as one of the 33 most influential Christian leaders under 33.^[7]

Early life and education

DuBois graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in political science. From there, he went on to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he earned a master's degree in public affairs in 2005. Meanwhile, he worked as an aide to Representative Rush D. Holt, Jr.

Career

After watching Barack Obama's speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention on television, DuBois decided to work for Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Eventually, Obama hired him as a Senate aide. In 2008, DuBois was religious affairs director for the Obama presidential campaign.

In the White House, DuBois managed President Obama's fatherhood initiative,^[8] as well as the administration's work on religion in foreign affairs.^[9] He also began the tradition of the White House Easter Prayer Breakfast.^[10]

DuBois served as an informal spiritual advisor to President Obama, and still sends the President a devotional message each morning.^[11] Obama remarked at the National Prayer Breakfast that these devotions "mean the world to me."^[12]

DuBois has authored three cover stories for Newsweek magazine, including "The Fight for Black Men",^[13] which historian Taylor Branch called "stunning" on Twitter.^[14]

DuBois is currently the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Values Partnerships, a consultancy that has worked with clients including ABC's Shark Tank, Paramount Pictures, Oprah Winfrey and The OWN Network, The History Channel, A&E Networks and more on broad-scale community engagement campaigns.^[15]

DuBois grew up in Nashville, the son of an African Methodist Episcopal pastor, Antoni-Sinkfield. His early religious foundations were found in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

On April 7, 2014, DuBois delivered the latest in the series of William Belden Noble Lectures at Harvard University, joining Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Francis Collins and others who have delivered the annual lecture.

References

↑ "Obama to unveil new Faith-Based office". CNN. February 4, 2009.
↑ "Pick for faith-based office earns praise". JTA. February 1, 2009.
↑ "DuBois, 26, to Head Faith Office". The Washington Post. January 30, 2009.
↑ "My Take: What's next for President Obama's 'pastor-in-chief'". Religion.blogs.cnn.com. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "Joshua DuBois". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ http://www.theroot.com/articles/lists/2014/09/the_root_100_2014/joshua_dubois.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/july-august/33-under-33.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Gordy, Cynthia (2010-06-21). "Joshua DuBois on Obama's Fatherhood Initiative". Essence.com. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ Joshua DuBois. "The White House, Religion, and Global Affairs | The White House". Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ Joshua DuBois. "White House Hosts 2nd Annual Easter Prayer Breakfast | The White House". Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "Pastor to the President: Obama's Spiritual Advisor on Faith in the White House - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast | The White House". Whitehouse.gov. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "Obama’s Former Spiritual Advisor Joshua DuBois on The Fight for Black Men - Newsweek". Mag.newsweek.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ "Twitter / taylorbranch: Please read this stunning piece". Twitter.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
↑ http://valuespartnerships.com. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Joshua DuBois collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
Obama's man of faith, Michael Paulson, Boston Globe, July 10, 2008
https://www.facebook.com/people/W-Antoni-Sinkfield/100002026677196

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 Jack Lew Denis R. McDonough Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2013–15	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken Avril Haines Douglas Lute^†	2009–10 2010–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–13 2013–14 2015– 2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Anita Decker Breckenridge	2009–11 2011–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	Ben Rhodes John O. Brennan Lisa Monaco	2009– 2009–13 2013–
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning	Mark B. Childress Kristie Canegallo	2012–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009–10 2011–12
Senior Advisor to the President	David Axelrod David Plouffe Daniel Pfeiffer Shailagh Murray	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–	White House Communications Director	Anita Dunn Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri Jen Psaki	2009 2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Pete Rouse Brian Deese Pete Rouse John Podesta	2009–10 2015– 2011–13 2014–15	Deputy White House Communications Director	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Amy Brundage	2009–11 2011–14 2014–15
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of Public Engagement Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Director, National Economic Council	Valerie Jarrett Christina Tchen Jon Carson Paulette Aniskoff Cecilia Muñoz David Agnew Jerry Abramson Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling Jeffrey Zients	2009– 2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–10 2011–14 2014–	White House Press Secretary Deputy Press Secretary Director of Special Projects Director of Speechwriting White House Counsel	Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Bill Burton Josh Earnest Eric Schultz Stephanie Cutter Jon Favreau Cody Keenan Greg Craig Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler W. Neil Eggleston	2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2014– 2010–11 2009–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Diana Farrell Brian Deese Jason Furman Paul Volcker	2009–11 2011–13 2009–13 2009–11	Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors Miguel Rodriguez Katie Beirne Fallon	2009–11 2011–13 2013 2013–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee Jason Furman	2009–10 2010–13 2013–	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski Amy Rosenbaum	2009– 2014–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^† David Kalbaugh	2009–12 2012–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Director, Office of Political Affairs	Patrick Gaspard David Simas	2009–11 2013–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jack Lew Jeffrey Zients Sylvia Mathews Burwell Brian Deese Shaun Donovan	2009–10 2010–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2014–	Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer	Aneesh Chopra Todd Park Megan Smith Vivek Kundra Steven VanRoekel Tony Scott	2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–11 2011–14 2015–
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–13	Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Nancy Hogan Johnathan McBride Valerie Green	2010–14 2014–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom Brian Deese	2010 2011–13 2013–15	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle White Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr. Emmett Beliveau	2009–11 2011– 2009–13 2013–
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk Michael Froman	2009–13 2013–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu Broderick Johnson	2009–13 2013–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes Cecilia Muñoz	2009–12 2012–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith Rachana Bhowmik Michael Robertson Gaurab Bansal	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011–	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown Rajesh De Douglas Kramer Joani Walsh	2009–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois Melissa Rogers	2009–2013 2013–	Assistant to the President for Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley Katy Kale Maju Varghese	2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy-Ann DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez Brian Mosteller	2009–12 2012–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–2011	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love Marvin Nicholson	2009–11 2011–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker Breckenridge Ferial Govashiri	2009–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal Dan Utech	2009–2013 2013–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality	Nancy Sutley Michael Boots	2009–2014 2014–	Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Jeffrey Crowley Grant Cofax Douglas Brooks	2009–2011 2012–2014 2014–
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 Michael Botticelli	2009–14 2014–
White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard Deesha Dyer	2009–10 2010–11 2011–15 2015–	Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr. Racquel Russell	2009–2010 2010–
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

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

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