Avril Haines
Avril Haines | |
|---|---|
| Deputy National Security Advisor | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tony Blinken |
| Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office August 9, 2013 – January 10, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Morell |
| Succeeded by | David S. Cohen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Avril Dannica Haines August 29, 1969 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | David Davighi |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (B.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Avril Dannica Haines (born August 29, 1969) is an American lawyer and the current White House Deputy National Security Advisor. She previously served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency -- the first woman to hold this position. Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel.
Her term as CIA Deputy Director coincided with the Global surveillance disclosures, the CIA hacking into the computers of U.S. Senate employees, and the release of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. On December 18, 2014, President Obama announced that he would appoint Haines to replace Tony Blinken as White House Deputy National Security Advisor.[1]
Early life and education
Haines was born in New York City's Manhattan borough on August 29, 1969, to parents Adrian (née Rappin) and Dr. Thomas Haines.[2] Her mother, Adrian, was a painter. Adrian developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and contracted avian tuberculosis, passing away when Haines was fifteen years old.[2] Her father, Thomas, is a biochemist and professor emeritus at Rockefeller University who helped found the City University of New York medical school, where he served as the chair of the biochemistry department.[3] After graduating from Hunter College High School, Haines traveled to Japan for a year and enrolled in Kodokan, an elite judo institute in Tokyo.[2] In 1988, Haines enrolled in the University of Chicago where she studied theoretical physics. While attending the University of Chicago, Haines worked repairing car engines at a mechanic shop in Hyde Park.[2] In 1991 Haines had taken up flying lessons in New Jersey, where she met her future husband, David Davighi. She later graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1992.[4]
In 1992, Haines moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she enrolled as a doctorate student at Johns Hopkins University. However, later that year, Haines dropped out at Johns Hopkins, and alongside her future husband, purchased an auctioned bar in Fell's Point, Baltimore which had been seized in a drug raid;[2] turning the former bar into an independent bookstore and café.[5] She named the store, Adrian's Book Cafe, after her late mother; Adrian's realistic oil paintings filled the store.[6][7] The bookstore won City Paper's "Best Independent Bookstore" in 1997 and was known for having an unusual collection of literary offerings, local writers, and small press publications.[8] Adrian's hosted a number of literary readings, including erotica readings, which suddenly became a media focus when she was appointed by the President to be the Deputy Director of the CIA.[9][10] She served as the president of the Fell's Point Business Association until 1998,[11] when she enrolled at the Georgetown University Law Center. Haines later received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown in 2001.[12]
Career
From 2001 until 2002, Haines was a legal officer at The Hague Conference on Private International Law.[13] From 2002 until 2003, she served as a law clerk for United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Danny Julian Boggs.[14]
From 2003 until 2006, Haines worked in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State, first in the Office of Treaty Affairs and then in the Office of Political Military Affairs.[15]
From 2007 until 2008, Haines worked for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Majority Senate Democrats (under then-chairman Joe Biden).[16] She then worked for the State Department as the assistant legal adviser for treaty affairs from 2008 to 2010.[17]
In 2010, Haines was appointed to serve in the office of the White House Counsel as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs at the White House.[18]
On April 18, 2013, Obama nominated Haines to serve as Legal Adviser of the Department of State, to fill the position vacated after Harold Hongju Koh resigned to return to teaching at Yale Law School.[19] However, on June 13, 2013, Obama withdrew Haines' nomination to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, choosing instead to select her as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[20] Haines was nominated to replace Michael Morell, the CIA's deputy and former acting director. The office of the deputy director is not subject to Senate confirmation, with Haines subsequently taking office on August 9, 2013, the final day of Morrell's tenure.[21] Haines is first woman to ever hold the office of the deputy director, making her the highest ranking woman in the CIA's history.[22][23] She is also the first female Deputy National Security Advisor.
References
- ^ "Statement by the President on the Selection of Avril Haines as Deputy National Security Advisor" (Press release). White House. December 18, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Daniel Klaidman; Newsweek (June 26, 2013). "The Least Likely Spy". newsweek.com.
- ^ Dana Rubinstein; New York Observer (July 15, 2008). "Serious Chemistry". observer.com.
- ^ Katherine Muhlenkamp; University of Chicago Press (2013). "The University of Chicago Magazine". uchicago.edu.
- ^ Mary Corey; The Baltimore Sun (January 9, 1994). "Food and coffee, with books, billiards and student chefs". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-01-09/features/1994009208_1_bookstore-cafe-world-cafe-vegetarian-cafe
- ^ Daily Mail (June 13, 2013). "President Obama's pick for the CIA's second-in-command once held erotica nights at her Baltimore bookstore". dailymail.co.uk.
- ^ http://blogs.citypaper.com/index.php/the-news-hole/new-cia-number-two-was-once-a-fells-point-fixture/
- ^ http://mediamatters.org/print/blog/2013/06/14/erotica-high-heels-and-handbags-is-this-how-the/194471
- ^ Mary Corey; The Baltimore Sun (May 22, 1995). "Between The Covers Erotica Nights A Hot Item At Fells Point Bookstore". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Brenda J. Buote; The Baltimore Sun (January 4, 1998). "Fells Point debates tax to add desired services Benefits: Homeowners and merchants want a safer, cleaner neighborhood. But some residents don't think they can afford a community district levy". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Roxanne Roberts, Emily Yahr; Washington Post (June 13, 2013). "Avril Haines, new CIA #2, ran indie bookstore remembered for '90s 'erotica nights'". washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Naomi Burke; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (April 23, 2013). "International Law: A Man's World?". cjicl.org.uk.
- ^ Lesley Clark; McClatchy News Service (June 12, 2013). "Changes at the CIA". mcclatchydc.com.
- ^ White House Office of the Press Secretary (April 17, 2013). "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov.
- ^ Eyder Peralta; National Public Radio (June 12, 2013). "CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Retires". npr.org.
- ^ Bonnie Malkin; The Daily Telegraph (June 13, 2013). "Avril Haines appointed first female CIA deputy director". telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Kimberly Dozier; Associated Press (June 13, 2013). "CIA deputy director retires". Philadelphia Inquirer.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ White House Office of the Press Secretary (April 18, 2013). "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov.
- ^ Scott Shane; New York Times (June 12, 2013). "C.I.A. to Get First Woman in No. 2 Job". nytimes.com.
- ^ Karen DeYoung, Greg Miller; Washington Post (June 12, 2013). "CIA's deputy director to be replaced with White House lawyer". washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Jennifer Skalka Tulumello; Christian Science Monitor (June 13, 2013). "Why Obama chose woman with no CIA experience for No. 2 CIA job". csmonitor.com.
- ^ Adam Edelman; New York Daily News (June 13, 2013). "New CIA deputy Avril Haines hosted erotica readings in the '90s". nydailynews.com.