Valerie Jarrett
| Valerie Jarrett | |
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| Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Julie Cram |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Scaramucci (designate) |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Barry Jackson |
| Succeeded by |
Jared Kushner Stephen Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Valerie June Bowman November 14, 1956 Shiraz, Iran |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | William Jarrett (1983–1988) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
Stanford University (BA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (JD) |
Valerie June Jarrett (née Bowman; born November 14, 1956) is an American who was Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama administration from Jan. 20, 2009 to Jan. 20, 2017. She is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. Prior to that she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.
Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran, to American parents James E. Bowman and Barbara Taylor Bowman. One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Robert Robinson Taylor, was an architect who was the first accredited African American architect, and the first African-American student enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her father, a pathologist and geneticist, ran a hospital for children in Shiraz in 1956 as part of a program where American physicians and agricultural experts sought to help developing countries' health and farming efforts. When she was five years old, the family moved to London for a year, later moving to Chicago in 1963. Her parents were both African-American; on the television series Finding Your Roots, genealogical research and DNA testing indicated that Jarrett also has French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry. As a child, Jarrett spoke Persian and French. In 1966, her mother was one of four child advocates that created the Erikson Institute. The Institute was established to provide collective knowledge in child development for teachers and other professionals working with young children.
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