Valerie Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official. She would be most known for her work as the senior advisor to Barack Obama. She was also the assistant to the President for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. She would also be the co-chair for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. Since 2021, she has been the interim President of the Obama Foundation.
Born in Iran, she would move to London at the age of five and then to Chicago at seven. In 1987, Jarrett would begin her work as a politician working for Mayor Harold Washington. She would be the deputy corporation counsel for finance and development. She would also work under Mayor Richard Daley. During her work in Chicago, she would hire Michelle Robinson, who would become Michelle Obama following her engagement to Barack Obama in the early 1990s.
Following Obama's presidency, Jarrett would leave and be the senior advisor to the Obama Foundation. She would also work on the board of directors for Ariel Investments, 2U, Lyft, Inc., and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In her personal life, she married William Robert Jarrett.
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