Melissa Rogers

Melissa Rogers
Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
In office
February 14, 2021 – January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyJosh Dickson
Preceded byPaula White
Succeeded byPaula White
In office
March 13, 2013 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyNone
Preceded byJoshua DuBois
Succeeded byPaula White
Personal details
EducationBaylor University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (JD)

Melissa Rogers is an American church-state lawyer and non-resident senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. She previously served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. On February 14, 2021, President Joe Biden designated Rogers as executive director of the reestablished Office under his administration.