25 Facts About Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett currently serves as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation.

Valerie Jarrett previously served as the senior advisor to US President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017.

Valerie Jarrett has been the CEO of the Obama Foundation since October 2021.

Valerie Jarrett got her start in Chicago politics in 1987 working for Mayor Harold Washington as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development.

Valerie Jarrett continued to work in the Chicago mayor's office in the 1990s.

Valerie Jarrett served as commissioner of the department of planning and development from 1992 through 1995, and she was chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Authority from 1995 to 2003.

From 1995 to 2009, Valerie Jarrett was the CEO of the Habitat Company, a real estate development and management company, She was replaced as CEO by Mark Sega when she joined the Obama administration.

Valerie Jarrett was a member of the board of Chicago Stock Exchange.

Valerie Jarrett was a member of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago Medical Center from 1996 to 2009, becoming vice chairwoman in 2002 and chairwoman in 2006.

Valerie Jarrett served as vice chairwoman of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago and a trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Valerie Jarrett serves on the board of directors of USG Corporation, a Chicago-based building materials corporation.

On November 14,2008, President-elect Barack Obama selected Valerie Jarrett to serve as a senior advisor to the president and assistant to the president for intergovernmental relations and public liaison.

Valerie Jarrett was one of three senior advisors to President Obama.

Valerie Jarrett held the retitled position of assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, managed the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Office of Urban Affairs; she chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls and the White House Office of Olympic, Paralympic, and Youth Sport.

Valerie Jarrett was part of the US State Visit to the UK in May 2011.

Valerie Jarrett said that the 2011 report Women in America, which the administration produced for the Council on Women and Girls, would be used to guide policy-making.

Valerie Jarrett had a staff of approximately three dozen and received full-time Secret Service protection.

In 1991, as deputy chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley, Valerie Jarrett interviewed Michelle Robinson for an opening in the mayor's office, after which she immediately offered Robinson the job.

Robinson asked for time to think and asked Valerie Jarrett to meet her fiance, Barack Obama.

Since leaving the White House, Valerie Jarrett has volunteered as a senior advisor to the Obama Foundation.

Valerie Jarrett is the co-chair of the United State of Women, chair of the Board of When We All Vote, and a senior advisor to ATTN:.

In July 2017 Valerie Jarrett signed a deal with Viking Press for her book titled Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward.

In December 2020, following the announcement that Obama Foundation President Wally Adeyemo would be nominated to become Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, the Foundation announced that Valerie Jarrett would take over his duties on an interim basis until a successor can be found.

Valerie Jarrett's daughter, Laura Jarrett, was an attorney and reporter for CNN and is a senior legal correspondent at NBC, and daughter-in-law of the Canadian politician Bas Balkissoon.

In 2018, Valerie Jarrett was the target of an offensive tweet by Roseanne Barr.