Bio, via U.S. Department of the Treasury:

Reed has served as senior adviser to both Secretary Paulson and Secretary John W. Snow since May 2004. As senior adviser, she provided counsel on key policy matters, including tax and economic issues. Reed also has played a key role in coordinating issues within the Department and its Bureaus, including the CDFI Fund, as well as with the White House and other agencies, and was involved in the day-to-day management of Departmental operations. Reed served as counsel and professional staff to three U.S. House of Representatives committees from 1997 to 2004, including the Ways and Means Committee, the Government Reform Committee and the Education and the Workforce Committee. While at the Ways and Means Committee, she conducted oversight reviews of various issues within the Committee's jurisdiction, including Treasury and Internal Revenue Service policies and procedures, tax incentive programs for economically distressed communities, the activities of tax-exempt organizations, and the charitable response to September 11. Originally from Buckhannon, West Virginia, Reed graduated in 1996 with a Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University College of Law. In 1993, she graduated from WesleyanCollege with dual degrees in biology and government. Reed received the 2004 West Virginia Wesleyan College Young Alumni Achievement Award, and, in 2006, Secretary Snow awarded her the Secretary's Honor Award.