The Obamas have been in the White House a little less than a month, and Michelle has already rolled up her sleeves and taken aggressively to her self-appointed “mom in chief” position.
And while she’s made it clear that hubby Barack is the one in control, she is taking a very active role as First Lady – as someone who is not interested in “sleeveless designer dresses and puppy names but on serious and complex issues,” according to speechwriter Carl Anthony Sferrazza.
And her team reflects her commitment to issues.
– Chief of staff, Jackie Norris, “whose relationship with the first lady goes back to Iowa, where Norris was a strategist for Barack Obama as well as a nuts-and-bolts organizer.”
– Deputy chief of staff David Medina, “who served most recently as political director of John Edwards├óΓé¼Γäó presidential bid last year.”
– Deputy director of policy and projects, Trooper Sanders, “a former policy aide to then-Vice President Al Gore, Sanders also led and developed mentoring and entrepreneurship programs for low-income neighborhoods, as well as efforts at the Clinton Foundation to highlight the problem of childhood obesity. He also advised former President Bill Clinton on domestic policy matters.”
Michelle will also continue to reach out to women, particularly working women, appearing at a recent bill signing for legislature facilitating women in gender-based pay discrimination lawsuits.
Go get em, Michelle!
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