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Valerie Bowman Jarrett (born November 14, 1956) is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. She is best known for her role as an advisor to President-Elect Barack Obama. Jarrett has been appointed a senior advisor in the incoming Obama administration. She is currently serving as a co-chairperson of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.
Early years
 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. At age 5, the family moved to London for one year, then returned to Chicago in 1963. 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.[3][4] 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. 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.
Career
Chicago politics
Jarrett got her start in Chicago politics in 1987 working for Mayor Harold Washington as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development.
Jarrett continued to work in the mayor's office in the 1990s. She was Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, during which time (1991) she hired Michelle Robinson, then engaged to Barack Obama, away from a private law firm. Jarrett served as Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development from 1992 through 1995, and was Chair of the Chicago Transit Board from 1995 to 2005.
Business career
She is currently the CEO of The Habitat Company, a real estate development and management company, which she joined in 1995. She was a Member of the Board of Chicago Stock Exchange (2000-2007, as Chairman, 2004-2007).
She is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago Medical Center, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago and a Trustee of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Ms. Jarrett serves on the board of directors of USG Corporation, a Chicago based building materials corporation.
Advisor to Barack Obama
Jarrett is one of Senator Obama's longest serving advisors and "closest campaign aide[s] – an insider widely tapped for a top position in an Obama administration.
Unlike Bert Lance, who arrived from Georgia with President [Jimmy] Carter and became his budget director, or Karen Hughes, who was President [George W.] Bush's communications manager, Ms. Jarrett isn't a confidante with a particular portfolio. What she does share with these counterparts is a fierce sense of loyalty and a refusal to publicly say anything that may reflect poorly on the candidate — or steal his thunder.
President-elect Barack Obama on November 14, 2008 selected Jarrett as White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison. Jarrett will manage the White House Office of Public Liaison and work with state and local governments.
Personal life
Jarrett was married to William Robert Jarrett from 1983 to 1988. Their daughter, Laura, is a Harvard Law student.
خواهر شيرازی اوباما در كاخ سفيد
روزنامه ديلي تلگراف چاپ لندن در گزارشي به معرفي «والري جارت»، مشاور نزديك اوباما كه به تازگي به عنوان يكي از اعضاي تيم انتقال قدرت وي در كاخ سفيد منصوب شده است، پرداخت. اين روزنامه نوشت: «والري جارت»، دوست نزديك و معتمد رييس جمهور جديد آمريكا كه به لقب «خواهر بزرگ اوباما» شهرت دارد، هم اكنون در حال رهبري نسل جديدي از سياه پوستان پرنفوذ است كه براي به دست گرفتن قدرت در واشنگتن آماده مي شوند.
اوباما در يكي از اولين انتصابات خود، خانم «جارت» 51 ساله را به عنوان يكي از اعضاي تيم انتقال قدرت خويش برگزيد. اين تيم وظيفه نظارت بر بررسي نامزدهاي كابينه و تدارك اولين اقدامات اساسي دولت جديد را برعهده دارد.
اين خانم 51 ساله، متولد شهر شيراز در ايران و از دوستان نزديك خانوادگي اوباماست كه براي سال ها بازيگر مهمي در جامعه سياه پوستان شيكاگو بوده است.
«جارت» در امر تجارت و سرمايه گذاري ملك، دستي بر آتش دارد و 17 سال دوست و مشاور نزديك اوباما بوده است به نحوي كه گفته مي شود در زمان صحبت كردن درباره رئيس جمهور جديد آمريكا «احساساتي» مي شود و همچنين از او به عنوان «طرف ديگر ذهن اوباما» ياد مي كنند.
به علاوه به خاطر نزديكي بسيار به اوباما، لقب «خواهر بزرگ اوباما» را بر وي نهاده اند.
اين خانم به حدي به اوباما نزديك است كه مي تواند پيش بيني كند اوباما براي شام چه چيزي را دوست دارد و شام يك شنبه گذشته را نيز با رييس جمهور جديد صرف كرده است.
خانم «جارت» تجربه اي در مناصب دولتي واشنگتن ندارد اما به عنوان يك رقيب جدي براي احراز پست هاي كابينه از جمله وزارت مسكن و حمل و نقل يا حتي مشاور ارشد كاخ سفيد محسوب مي شود.
اطلاعات بيشتر درباره جارت
والري بومن جارت، متولد ۱۹۵۶ ميلادي، وكيل آمريكايي مقيم شيكاگو است. پدر وي، جيمز بومن، از اولين پزشكان بيمارستان نمازي شيراز بوده است. وي خاطراتش از زندگي در ايران را، «خاطراتي بسيار شيرين» توصيف ميكند.
جارت در سال ۱۹۷۸ در رشته روانشناسي دانشگاه استنفورد موفق به كسب مدرك كارشناسي شد و سپس دكتراي خود را در رشته حقوق در سال ۱۹۸۱ از دانشگاه ميشيگان دريافت كرد.
برخي نشريات و رسانه هاي ايالات متحده آمريكا وي را بانفوذترين مشاور باراك اوباما معرفي ميكنند. جارت داراي دختري به نام لورا است كه هماكنون در حال تحصيل در رشته حقوق دانشگاه هاروارد است.
منبع: /www.iranpressnews.com
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