Valerie Jarrett

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Valerie Jarrett on the cover of Newsweek with Barack Obama (centre) and fellow adviser David Axelrod in 2008.

Jarrett and Axelrod reviewing a quarterly ARRA report

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Valerie Jarrett: References & Edit History

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Richard Pallardy
Richard Pallardy received a B.A. in English from Illinois State University in 2005. He was a research editor with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. from 2008 to 2016 and worked on Britannica Blog from 2010 to 2014. Peripatetic by nature, he can normally be found wandering the streets, or darting through the stacks of the Chicago Public Library in search of obscure shreds of information.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Independent - Obama's keeper: Valerie Jarrett:.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: Premiere Speakers Bureau - Valerie Jarrett.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 17, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Obama Foundation - Valerie Jarrett.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 07, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: All American Speakers - Valerie Jarrett.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 02, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 10, 2023
	Add new Web site: All Anerican Speakers - Valerie Jarrett.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 21, 2023
	Add new Web site: The History Makers - The Honorable Valerie Jarrett.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 20, 2023
	Add new Web site: The History Makers - The Honorable Valerie Jarrett.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 14, 2022
	Added the book Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 23, 2019
	Noted the end of her term as senior adviser to Barack Obama and added information about her tenure in the post.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: Independent - Obama's keeper: Valerie Jarrett:.	Satyavrat Nirala	Oct 25, 2015
	Add new Web site: Independent - Obama's keeper: Valerie Jarrett:.	Satyavrat Nirala	Oct 25, 2015
	Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Valerie Jarrett.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 22, 2014
	Add new Web site: The White House - Biography of Valerie Jarrett.	Swati Chopra	Aug 17, 2011
	Updated to reflect that Obama became president.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 20, 2009
	Media added.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 19, 2008
	New article added.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 17, 2008