Jeremy Mill Bernard (born November 4, 1961)[1][2] served as the White House social secretary. Bernard was appointed to the position by President Barack Obama on February 25, 2011. He was the first male, as well as the first gay individual, to serve as the White House social secretary.[3][4]
Jeremy M. Bernard | |
|---|---|
 Jeremy Bernard at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2018. | |
| 29th White House Social Secretary | |
| In office March 1, 2011 – April 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Deesha Dyer |
| Preceded by | Julianna Smoot |
| Succeeded by | Deesha Dyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1961 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hunter College (Incomplete) |
Early life
editBernard was born to Herschel and Loretta (Utterback) Bernard and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas.[5] His father was a fundraiser for Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.[5] Bernard attended Hunter College in New York City, but did not graduate.[6]
Career
editBernard is a prominent Democratic fundraiser and gay rights advocate who served for eight years on the Democratic National Committee. He worked in the Obama administration in Washington as the White House liaison to the National Endowment for the Humanities and later, in Paris, as senior adviser and chief of staff to the United States ambassador to France.
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2005.
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ Dunham, Richard S. (February 25, 2011). "Texan makes history as Obama social secretary". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ Henderson, Nia-Malika; Bacon, Perry Jr. (February 25, 2011). "Obama makes history with social secretary pick". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ a b McDonald, Patrick Range (January 30, 2008). "Obama's Gay Gold Mine". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ Bernstein, Jacob (February 26, 2011). "Jeremy Bernard: Washington's New Power Broker". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ Baker, Peter (2018-06-24). "Postcards from another era: Obama team memoirs flood the market". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ "Former White House social secretaries discuss 'Treating People Well' | WTOP". WTOP. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-07-14.