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Valerie Jarrett: Senior Advisor to President Obama

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

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Valerie Bowman Jarrett (born November 14, 1956) is a lawyer and is senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama administration. She is also a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. Prior to that she served as a co-chairperson of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.

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Founded in 1970

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

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The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a national, nonprofit research and public policy institution. Founded in 1970 as the Joint Center for Political Studies by black intellectuals and professionals to provide training and technical assistance to newly elected black officials, the Joint Center is recognized today as one of the nation’s premier think tanks on a broad range of public policy issues of concern to African Americans and other communities of color.

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