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Valerie Jarrett — PICS

By:
Paige Kindlick
March 2, 2017 10:20AM EST
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Valerie Jarrett – Pics

Valerie Jarrett – Pics
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Valerie B. Jarrett served in President Barack Obama’s administration as a Senior Advisor. In addition to that and overseeing the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, she also chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Jarrett’s friendship with Barack and Michelle Obama stretches back decades earlier to July 1991 when she interviewed the future First Lady (then Michelle Robinson) for a Chicago city government job. What followed was a personal and professional relationship that continues to the present day. (As of 2020, for example, Jarrett is one of the co-chairs of Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote non-partisan, non-profit, urging people to register to vote.)

A Stanford University and University of Michigan Law School graduate, Jarrett is also an author who penned the 2019, New York Times bestseller, ‘Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward.’ A proud mother and a grandmother, she is determined to encourage Americans to make their voice heard at the ballot box. ‘It is our most basic responsibility of citizenship,’ she tells HollywoodLife.

May 29, 2018, 3:03PM
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Valerie Jarrett At A White House Event

Valerie Jarrett At A White House Event
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Valerie Jarrett in 2016 at BET’s ‘Love and Happiness: A Musical Experience’ event, which was held on the South Lawn at the White House. 

May 29, 2018, 2:59PM
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Michelle Obama & Valerie Jarrett

Michelle Obama & Valerie Jarrett
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Valerie Jarrett interviews Michelle Obama in November 2018 in Washington DC, during a stop on the former First Lady’s book tour.

September 21, 2020, 2:35PM
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Joe Biden, Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett

Joe Biden, Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett
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Valerie Jarrett listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting of the Democratic Governors’ Association. Then Vice President Joe Biden was also at the event, which was held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, at the White House in February 2016.

September 21, 2020, 2:35PM
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Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett

Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett
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After winning the 2008 election, President Barack Obama invited Valerie Jarrett to join his administration. The mom-of-one and longtime friend of the Obamas, served as one of his senior advisors.

May 29, 2018, 2:57PM
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Valerie Jarrett & The Obamas

Valerie Jarrett & The Obamas
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Valerie Jarrett takes a boat ride with then First Family, Barack and Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia. This photo was taken in Bar Harbor, Maine.

May 29, 2018, 3:03PM
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Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett

Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett
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Friends and colleagues, then President-Elect Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett look at pies during a stop at Manny’s Coffee Shop and Deli in Chicago. Jarrett has been friends with the Obamas since 1991.

May 29, 2018, 2:56PM
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