Melody C Barnes
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Business Positions
Ventas, Inc.
• Board Member (Sep '14→?)
Albright Stonebridge Group A global strategy firm led by Madeleine Albright, Sandy Berger and Warren Rudman
• senior director/advisor
Raben Group LLC
• Lobbyist (past)
Shearman & Sterling LLP Lexington Avenue New York City law firm
• Position (past)
Government Positions
Obama-Biden Transition Project Organization supporting the Obama presidential transition
• Co-Director of Agency Review (Nov '08→?)
White House Office Includes multiple levels of presidential advisory boards and advisors
• assistant to the president and director of the domestic policy council
Domestic Policy Council Coordinates domestic policy for the White House
• Director (Nov '08→?)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Director of Legislative Affairs (past)
In The Office Of
Ted Kennedy Former US Senator from Massachusetts
• Chief Counsel (Dec '95→Mar '03)
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States
• Assistant and Director, Domestic Policy Council (past)
Other Positions
Miller Center Foundation UVA-related foundation
• Professor of Practice in Public Affairs and Co-Director of the Democracy Initiative (Oct 1 '18→?)
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. Nonprofit that "preserves and operates" Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historical home in Charlottesville
• Vice Chair, Trustee
Navy Hill Foundation Foundation seeking to redevelop the area around the Coliseum in part using City of Richmond public funds.
• Board Member
MB2 Solutions Richmond-based public policy strategy firm with offices in Washington, D.C.
• Co-founder and principal
The Aspen Institute Elite policy discussion group
• Chair of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Opportunity Youth Forum
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
• Director
New York University
• Vice Provost for Global Student Leadership Initiatives
Center for American Progress Democratic insider think tank started by former Clinton administration official John Podesta
• Executive Vice President for Policy (?→'08)
Education
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill The first public university chartered under the US Constitution
• Undergraduate
The University of Michigan Law School
• Graduate
Family
Marland Buckner Microsoft lobbyist and former chief of staff to Harold Ford
• husband (Jun '09→?)
Donation/Grant Recipients
Committee for a Democratic Majority
• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Dec 19 '03)
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States
• 2 contributions · 500 USD (Jun 25 '04→Dec 28 '07)
Other Affiliations
HR4174 Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 Patty Murray and Paul Ryan Bipartisan Bill Advancing Data-Driven Service Provision
• Affiliation