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.