Ms. Clover Barnes is a nurse executive with over twenty years of combined experience in healthcare and public health. A champion for health equity, diversity, and inclusion, Ms. Barnes has a demonstrated track record of engaging staff and facilitating change while promoting an organizational culture that supports innovation, collaboration, and data driven decision-making. For the past seven years, Ms. Barnes served as the Bureau Chief of the Care and Treatment Division of HAHSTA, where she provided excellent leadership and administrative oversight of the Ryan White Program and DC Health’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiatives.

Prior to joining DC Health, Ms. Barnes served in a myriad of healthcare/nursing positions in her career including serving as Staff/Charge nurse, Clinic Coordinator, Nursing Manager, Ambulatory Manager, and Chief Operating Officer at a Federally Qualified Health Center.

Ms. Barnes received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. Ms. Barnes has a passion for working with the underserved and invests her time and energy in improving the community in which she lives.