What is Avril Haines?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Avril Haines |image = Avril-Haines.jpg |office = 7th [[Director of National Intelligence]] |president = [[Joe Biden]] |deputy = [[Neil Wiley]]<br>[[Stacey Dixon]] |term_start = January 21, 2021 |term_end = January 20, 2025 |predecessor = [[John Ratcliffe]] |successor = [[Tulsi Gabbard]] |office1 = [[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|Deputy National Security Advisor]] |president1 = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start1 = January 11, 2015 |term_end1 = January 20, 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Tony Blinken]] |successor1 = [[K. T. McFarland]] |office2 = 4th [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] |president2 = Barack Obama |term_start2 = August 9, 2013 |term_end2 = January 10, 2015 |predecessor2 = [[Michael Morell]] |successor2 = [[David S. Cohen (politician)|David S. Cohen]] |birth_name = Avril Danica Haines |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|29}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = David Davighi |relatives = [[Thomas H. Haines]] (father) |education = [[University of Chicago]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Avril Danica Haines''' (born August 29, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician. In January 2021, Haines became the 7th [[Director of National Intelligence]] during the [[Joe Biden]] administration. She was the White House [[Deputy National Security Advisor]] in [[Barack Obama]]'s administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/2017/11/avril-haines-national-security|title=A Top Intelligence Officer Joins the Law School|website=Columbia Law School|language=en|access-date=December 11, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622231958/http://www.law.columbia.edu/news/2017/11/avril-haines-national-security|