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Valerie Jarrett

Born

in Iran

November 14, 1956

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Valerie Jarrett was the longest serving senior adviser to President Barack Obama. She oversaw the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls. Before joining the White House, she served as the chief executive officer of The Habitat Company in Chicago, chairman of the Chicago Transit Board, commissioner of Planning and Development, and deputy chief of staff for Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley. Jarrett has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including Time’s “100 Most Influential People.” She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981. She is currently a senior adviser to the Obama Foundation ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 1,661 ratings · 193 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Finding My Voice: When the Perfect Plan Crumbles, the Adventure Begins 4.11 avg rating — 1,568 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America – A Motivational LGBTQ+ Memoir of a Black Woman in American Politics by Karine Jean-Pierre, Valerie Jarrett (Foreword) 3.84 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Said This Day Would Never Come: Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign by Chris Liddell-Westefeld (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dion Graham (Narrator), Graham Halstead (Narrator) 4.41 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If someone's trying to get you angry, the calmer you get, the angrier they'll get.”
― Valerie Jarrett

tags: courage, girl-power

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“The first is that the community, including the elected officials, must feel that they have been heard and that their concerns are taken seriously. The second is that everyone has to feel a win, not 100 percent of what they want, but a tangible victory for themselves, or if they are in elected office, for them to deliver to their constituency. Third, everyone has to leave the table at least a little bit unhappy, for that’s compromise. That there was a give and take and the process was fair. In other words, you”
― Valerie Jarrett, Finding My Voice: When the Perfect Plan Crumbles, the Adventure Begins

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Valerie Jarrett’s Followers (42)

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