Jane Woodfin joins the ACHP following a lifetime of public service and leadership. She was raised in historic Lexington, Massachusetts, and counts among her distant first cousins the midnight rider Paul Revere. Her mother worked for the curator of the JFK Library. After receiving her law degree from Georgetown University (magna cum laude), Woodfin practiced communications law before serving as Assistant Attorney General of Michigan for seven years. She served 26 years working for members of the U.S. Congress, seven as a legislative assistant for House Appropriations Committee Member Bob Traxler of Michigan, and 15 years directing the legislative staff of Sen. Joe Biden until he became vice president. Subsequently, Woodfin was policy director to Sen. Edward E. Kaufman of Delaware. She also worked on the Presidential Transition in 2008, focusing on the General Services Administration.