Denise O'Donnell

Denise O'Donnell
Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
In office
June 6, 2011 – January 19, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDomingo S. Herraiz
Succeeded byTracey Trautman
Commissioner the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
In office
2007–2010
Appointed byEliot Spitzer
United States Attorney for the Western District of New York
In office
1997–2001
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byPatrick H. NeMoyer
Succeeded byMichael A. Battle
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn O'Donnell
Children2, including Jack
EducationCanisius College (BA)
University of Buffalo (MSW, JD)

Denise O'Donnell is an attorney who served as director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, as New York State commissioner of criminal justice services, and assistant secretary to the Governor for Criminal Justice in the Cabinet of Governor David Paterson. She previously held the roles in the Cabinet of former Governor Eliot Spitzer.