Barbara Comstock

Barbara Comstock is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre, a Senior Adviser at Baker Donelson law firm and President-elect of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. She was a Member of Congress (2015-2019), a Member of the Virginia General Assembly (2010-15), served as Director of Public Affairs at the Justice Department, as Chief Counsel on the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and as a senior aide to Congressman Frank Wolf.

Barbara was named one of the "Top Ten Most Effective Lawmakers" in the 115th Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint effort of the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, and has been a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, UVA’s Center for Politics, and the American University Sine Institute. Barbara serves as an ABC News political contributor, and appears regularly on CNN, PBS, and MSNBC.She served on the Boards of Vivint Home Security, Trustar Bank, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and UVA’s Miller Center for the Study of the Presidency.