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...left her post as Chicago's city-planning commissioner to work for The Habitat Co., a for-profit real-estate firm, of which she is now President and CEO. In June, the Boston Globe ran a story on the firm's struggles, noting that city authorities had reassigned control of one of its housing complexes due to mismanagement...
...remains a key player in her hometown, where she serves as vice chair of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee and hobnobs with local entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians, union bosses and activists. Journalism website Muckety.com has listed her as one of the city's "100 best networked...
...trust her completely." - Barack Obama, describing his relationship with Jarrett (Chicago Tribune, July...
...come to love me some Valerie Jarrett." - Dr. Eric Whitaker, vice president at the University of Chicago Medical Center and one of Obama's basketball buddies (Chicago Tribune, July 27, 2008) Quotes from...
...were viewed by the Iranians as Americans, not black Americans, so I had no awareness of race until we returned to the United States." - Recalling her first encounters with racism in the U.S. (Chicago Tribune, July...