Desiree Rogers, 49, is President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for White House Social Secretary. A Chicago friend of the Obama family, she is currently chief of online community development for Allstate Financial, serving as president of social networking.
The Wellsley College graduate previously served as CEO of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas in Chicago and before that she directed the Illinois State Lottery.
Rogers’ former husband, John W. Rogers, has also been tapped by the President-elect and will serve as Co-chair of Obama’s Inauguration. He is a former team mate of Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson on the Princeton University basketball team.
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