Valerie B. Jarrett

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Valerie B. Jarrett has direct or once-removed relationships with 2,410 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 99% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 99

Influence: Jarrett has a Muckety influence index of 97 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 97

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Valerie B. Jarrett

Areas of interest:

transportation

nonprofits

education

business

construction sector

politics & government

Jarrett is a graduate of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

Personal social network: Much of Jarrett's Muckety comes from political connections.

Muckety news stories featuring Valerie B. Jarrett

As senior White House adviser, Valerie Jarrett will be loyal networker

They don't come much more networked than Valerie Jarrett.

November 16, 2008

Valerie B. Jarrett personal relations:

Barbara T. Bowman - mother

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. - great uncle

Michelle Obama - friend

Linda Johnson Rice - friend

Desiree G. Rogers - friend

Susan S. Sher - friend

Other current Valerie B. Jarrett relationships:

Barack Obama administration - senior adviser

Valerie B. Jarrett past relationships:

2004 Carol Moseley Braun presidential campaign - supporter

2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign - fundraiser

2008 Obama-Biden transition team - co-chair

James E. Bowman (deceased) - father

Chicago (IL) 2016 Olympic Committee - vice chair

Chicago (IL) Department of Planning and Development - commissioner

Chicago (IL) Metropolitan Planning Council - governor

Chicago (IL) Transit Authority - chairman

Chicago Stock Exchange - chair

Chicago Urban League - director

Richard M. Daley - deputy chief of staff

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - board member

Habitat Company - chair & CEO

Joyce Foundation - director

Local Initiatives Support Corporation - director

Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100

Museum of Science and Industry - trustee

Navigant Consulting, Inc. - director

University of Chicago - trustee

USG Corporation - director

White House state dinner (11/24/2009) - invited guest

White House state dinner (3/14/2012) - invited guest

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Valerie B. Jarrett with Kevin Bacon in four steps:
Valerie B. Jarrett → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. →
American Express Company → Just Ask the Locals →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Valerie B. Jarrett's web of second-degree relationships:

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Barack Obama

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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White House

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President Barack Obama talks with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. May 6, 2009
Source: White House

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