Dan Barnes serves as the Managing Director for Selection, Eligibility, and Policy Performance at MCC. He oversees the agency’s annual country selection process, providing data-driven analysis and evidence to inform decision-making by MCC’s Board of Directors to advance America’s economic and strategic interests and deliver measurable returns. This includes monitoring the policy performance of MCC partner countries, responding when there is a decline in a country’s commitment to MCC’s standards, and strategic research.
Prior to joining MCC, Mr. Barnes led both the research and the design of policy reform programs on governance and anti-corruption in a diverse set of countries at the World Bank. Earlier in his career, he was a legislative assistant for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and he was a travel writer.
Mr. Barnes holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and children.