Melanie Sloan

Melanie Sloan serves as CREW's executive director and is a nationally recognized expert on congressional ethics. Prior to starting CREW she served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, she successfully tried cases before dozens of judges and juries.

Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan served as minority counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, working on criminal justice issues for Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). Ms. Sloan also served as counsel to the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as nominations counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman Joseph Biden (D-DE). Prior to working for the Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington D.C.

Ms. Sloan received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago and has published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, and numerous other publications. She is frequent guest on cable news channels. Rolling Stone Magazine named Ms. Sloan “One of the Year's Greatest Mavericks” in 2006, and as one of “100 Agents of Change” in 2008. She has been named one of Washington, DC’s Top Grassroots Lobbyists by The Hill for four years running and was profiled in the September 2009 issue of O Magazine as part of the “O Power List.” In 2010, the National Law Journal named Ms. Sloan one of "Washington's Most Influential Women Lawyers."