Valerie Jarrett
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Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman, attorney and former government official who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She was the longest-serving seni
Official portrait, 2009
Obama speaks to Jarrett and other staff, August 2009
Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett converse in the Blue Room, White House, 2010
President Obama speaks with Jarrett in a West Wing corridor
Bas Balkissoon
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Bas Balkissoon is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2005 to 2016 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Rouge River. From 1
Valerie Jarrett
…and become a senior legal correspondent for NBC News and co-anchor of the Saturday edition of Today, and daughter-in-law of the Canadian politician Bas Balkissoon. Valerie Jarrett separated from her husband in 1987 and they were divorced in 1988. Valerie Jarrett at Whitehouse.gov (archived at obamawhitehouse.archives.gov…
Balkissoon in 2015 as Deputy Speaker