Melissa Lane has been a resident of Glover Park since 1987 and an ANC Commissioner since March 2002. Along with being a Commissioner, her paying job is Staff Associate for Information Management in the Geosciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation where she is responsible for managing the budget for the agency’s multimillion dollar environmental research and education effort. She is also responsible for managing several Federal web sites.

Commissioner Lane’s primary goal is to ensure that the concerns of Glover Park citizens are heard and addressed by the D.C. government. Her specific interests are enhancing public safety by promoting use of traffic calming measures, increasing neighborhood parking for residents, and working with the D.C. Department of Transportation to coordinate neighborhood road construction. She also serves on the Ward 3 Traffic Policy Committee and works with Friends of Glover Park on improving the Stoddert Recreation Center.