Barack Obama names Valerie Jarrett as his Senior Advisor and Barack Obama gives Ebony First Post-election Interview

Its official, not like we didn't know it already, but Barack Obama named Valerie Jarrett as his senior advisor to the White House. I love that Obama is painting the whole damn White House black. Her credentials make her a certified Dime-for you over the hill dudes. Here's a little bit about Val!

(Wiki)Valerie Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran, where her father, Dr. James Bowman, ran a hospital for children as part of a program that sent American doctors and agricultural experts to developing countries to help jump-start their health and farming efforts. Her father, who is of African American descent, is a pathologist and geneticist. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Pathology and Medicine, University of Chicago. Her great-grandfather was the first African-American to graduate from M.I.T., her grandfather was Robert Taylor the first black man to head the Chicago Housing Authority, and her father, Dr. James Bowman, was the first black resident at St. Luke’s Hospital. Though Ms. Jarrett has never worked in Washington, her great-uncle is Democratic powerbroker Vernon Jordan. Her mother, Barbara T. Bowman, is an African-American early childhood education expert and co-founder of the Erikson Institute for child development.

She graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon, a New England boarding school, in 1974. She also received a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1978, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981.

What a great addition to the "O" Team!


President-elect Barack Obama has given his first post election interview and photo shoot to Ebony Magazine. The company's present chairman and chief executive Linda Johnson Rice, the founder's daughter, has long been a member of Chicago's black business and political aristocracy into which the Obama's have vaulted in recent years.

Certainly quite a few magazines lined up to receive the first interview given the historic nature of this year’s election but Obama has a special way of covertly praising his ethnicity…though I believe Michelle plays a major role in this arena and 'they' made a great choice.