Background
Kernan, Barbara Desind was born on January 11, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Philip and Anne (Feuer) Desind.
government agency administrator
Kernan, Barbara Desind was born on January 11, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Philip and Anne (Feuer) Desind.
Bachelor in English Literature cum laude, Smith College, 1960. Master of Arts in Literature and Teaching, Harvard University, 1963. Postgraduate, Oxford University, 1963.
Postgraduate in Education Policy, George Washington University, 1980.
Editor Harvard Law School, 1960—1962. Teacher English Newton High School, Massachusetts, 1962—1963, Woburn High School, 1965. Editor Allyn & Bacon Publications, Boston, 1963—1964.
Professor English literature Montgomery College, Maryland, 1965—1966. Education associate Upward Bound, Education Associates, Inc., Washington, 1965—1968. Education program specialist Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act United States Office Education, 1969—1973, special assistant to deputy commissioner for elementary and secondary education, director disseminiation school finance and analysis, 1975—1977, chief program analysis branch division education for disadvantaged, 1977—1979.
Fellow American Political Science Association, Senator William Proxmire and Congressman Alphonzo Bell, 1973—1974. Chief grant program coordination staff Office Deputy Commissioner for Educational Resources, 1979—1980. Chief priority concerns staff Office Assistant Secretary Management United States Department Education, 1980—1981.
Director division organizational development and analysis Office of Deputy Undersec. for Management, 1981—1986. Former governor State of Indiana. Senior executive service candidate on special project to improve status of women Secretary Transportation Dole, Washington, 1983—1984.
Inducted Senior Executive Service, 1986. Associate administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration United States Department Transportation, 1986—1994, career development leader to presidential management interns, 1989—1991.
Trustee Capricorn Galleries, Rockville, Maryland, since 1996, president, since 1997. Owner Philip Desind Collection American Realism Fine Arts, since 1997.
Married Joseph E. Kernan, February 14, 1973. Stepchildren: Joseph E. III, Barbara Kernan Christin, Mary Pat Kernan Harbison, Maureen Kernan Einstein, Madeleine Kernan Harbison, Susan Kernan Woo, Jennifer Kernan Loveless, Terrance P., Kelly Kernan McCarty.