11 and this year’s anniversary, when Barnes co-organized the University’s commemorative event. She, along with the rest of the UVA and Charlottesville community, endured the violent white supremacist rallies of Aug. It might not be the White House, but both UVA and Monticello have faced tumultuous times and contentious debates since Barnes arrived in 2017. She will serve a two-year term as vice chair before stepping into the chair’s role-and becoming the first African-American to ever hold that position. This summer, Barnes was elected as vice chair of the board of trustees at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello. She is also a key leader at another of Charlottesville’s most recognizable institutions. She has also just been named a professor of practice at UVA’s Miller Center, after having served since 2016 as a visiting professor and senior fellow there and a distinguished fellow at the School of Law. You never knew what might be coming next,” said Barnes, who directed the White House Domestic Policy Council under former President Barack Obama.īarnes is now co-director of UVA’s new Democracy Initiative, a broad research, teaching and public affairs initiative tackling the most pressing issues facing democracies around the world. That’s what it’s like to work in the White House. It’s unstoppable, terrifying and exhilarating, all at once.
And another, one you didn’t even seem coming. As you get up, another one hits, right on cue.
And then, boom! A big wave comes, knocking you into the salty surf.
Imagine you are standing in the ocean, walking a bit deeper out into the water, loving the feel of the sun on your back, sand under your feet.
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