Post by conner on Mar 5, 2011 13:49:47 GMT -5
www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134264526/a-new-white-house-social-secretary-and-a-new-first
When first lady Michelle Obama went looking for a new White House social secretary, she did not choose someone with years of experience throwing parties in Washington.
Jeremy Bernard has been tapped as the new White House social secretary. A former boss describes Bernard as someone who always "liked people, liked to network." That's a skill he'll need in a job that will require him to throw hundreds of White House events a year.
Instead, she tapped Jeremy Bernard, who has spent most of his adult life in Los Angeles. Bernard is currently chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador in Paris. But those are not the most unusual aspects of his appointment.
In a job that has always been held by women, Bernard is breaking the gender barrier.
When first lady Michelle Obama went looking for a new White House social secretary, she did not choose someone with years of experience throwing parties in Washington.
Jeremy Bernard has been tapped as the new White House social secretary. A former boss describes Bernard as someone who always "liked people, liked to network." That's a skill he'll need in a job that will require him to throw hundreds of White House events a year.
Instead, she tapped Jeremy Bernard, who has spent most of his adult life in Los Angeles. Bernard is currently chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador in Paris. But those are not the most unusual aspects of his appointment.
In a job that has always been held by women, Bernard is breaking the gender barrier.
