WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION     Melody Barnes, Co-Director of Agency Review on Obama's transition team Director of White House Domestic Policy Council. Did you know she is a former lawyer who graduated from U of M?        Cassandra Butts, the General Counsel on Obama's transition team and former Harvard classmate of Barack Obama. [Photo Source: Flicker       Lisa Jackson, Obama's choice to head the EPA and a Princeton grad.       Valerie Jarrett, Transition Team Co-Chair. Did you know she's the 4th generation of educated professionals in her family and is a Stanford and U of M graduate? (A former corporate attorney, as the Chief of Staff in the Daley Administration, she hired an Ivy-Leaguer named Michelle Robinson!) [Photo Source: NY Times]       Susan Rice, Obama's choice for U.N. Ambassador. Did you know that she earned a Masters and a Doctorate degree from Oxford? [Photo Source: PBS       Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary (the first African American social secretary in history) and Harvard MBA. (Former President of People's Gas and North Shore Gas)                 Mona Sutphen, Deputy Chief of Staff and graduate of London School of Economics. [Photo Source: Zcocalola     RETURN TO POLITICS SPECIAL EDITION                                                               Search Our Site Get Your Free Site Search by Bravenet.com     PLEASE FEEL FREE TO: Post a Comment or sign our Guestbook