Diedra Henry-Spires supervises undergraduate Archer Fellows in the Policymaking Process class and supervises Graduate Archer Fellows in the Independent Study and Research course. Since 2015, Professor Henry-Spires has been a frequent guest lecturer with the Archer Center. In 2021, she was appointed to serve as the senior advisor for COVID-19 relief programs to the administrator at the Small Business Administration. Prior to joining the Small Business Administration, she was the chief executive officer of the Dalton Daley Group. Additionally, she served as a professional staff member for Human Services and Income Security for the United States Senate Committee on Finance. Professor Henry-Spires began her tenure at the Senate Finance Committee in 2006 as a Brookings Institution LEGIS Fellow. She has extensive experience with the legislative process in the United States Congress, as well as experience collaborating with federal, state, and local governments and organizations. As a member of the Committee's Health Team, she is credited as one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act and with the expansion of unemployment benefits and work supports during the Great Recession. Ms. Henry-Spires also served for 10 years at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she was the principal public health advisor on Violence Against Women for the Office on Women’s Health and, as such, developed national policies on violence against women, HIV/AIDS, and young women’s health. Ms. Henry-Spires is a Pennsylvania State University graduate holding a B.S. in health policy and administration. She also received a certificate on shaping the healthcare delivery system from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Note: Professor Henry-Spires is currently on leave.