1. Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official, who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021.
31 Facts About Valerie Jarrett
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Valerie Jarrett was the longest-serving senior advisor to US President Barack Obama.
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Valerie Jarrett was assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, overseeing the office of the same name, and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls.
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Valerie Jarrett's mother was one of four children's advocates who created the Erikson Institute in 1966.
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Valerie Jarrett got her start in Chicago politics in 1987 working for Mayor Harold Washington as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development.
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Valerie Jarrett continued to work in the Chicago mayor's office in the 1990s.
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Valerie Jarrett served as commissioner of the department of planning and development from 1991 through 1995, and she was chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Authority from 1995 to 2003.
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From 1995 to 2009, Valerie Jarrett was the CEO of The Habitat Company, a real estate development and management company.
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Valerie Jarrett was replaced as CEO by Mark Sega when she joined the Obama administration.
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Valerie Jarrett was a member of the board of Chicago Stock Exchange.
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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.
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Valerie Jarrett served as chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Board and vice chairwoman of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago.
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Valerie Jarrett was a trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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Valerie Jarrett serves on the board of directors of USG Corporation, a Chicago-based building materials corporation.
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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.
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Valerie Jarrett was one of three senior advisors to President Obama.
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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.
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Valerie Jarrett was part of the US State Visit to the UK in May 2011.
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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.
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Valerie Jarrett had a staff of approximately three dozen and received full-time Secret Service protection.
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In 1991, as deputy chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley, Valerie Jarrett interviewed Michelle Robinson, the then-fiance to future President Barrack Obama, for an opening in the mayor's office.
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Robinson asked for time to think and asked Valerie Jarrett to meet Obama.
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Since leaving the White House, Valerie Jarrett has volunteered as a senior advisor to the Obama Foundation.
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Valerie Jarrett joined the board of directors of Ariel Investments, 2U, Inc.
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Valerie Jarrett served as the co-chair of the United State of Women, chair of the Board of When We All Vote and Civic Nation, and a senior advisor to ATTN:.
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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.
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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.
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Valerie Jarrett has served as chief executive officer of the Foundation since 2021 and is a member of the board of directors.
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Valerie Jarrett's daughter, Laura Jarrett, would go on to become an attorney and reporter for CNN, and is a senior legal correspondent for NBC News and co-anchor of the Saturday edition of Today, and daughter-in-law of the Canadian politician Bas Balkissoon.
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Valerie Jarrett separated from her husband in 1987 and they were divorced in 1988.
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Barr said, in reference to Valerie Jarrett, it was as though the "muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby".