Jarrett's previous year's income, in a 2009 report, was a $300,000 salary and $550,000 in
deferred compensation from The Habitat Executive Services, Inc.
The Wall Street Journal also reported she disclosed payments of more than $346,000 for service on boards of directors that reflect her political ties, and work in Chicago real estate and community development.
She was paid $76,000 for service as a director of
Navigant Consulting, Inc. a Chicago-based global consulting group with governmental clients.
She received $146,600 from USG, and $58,000 to serve on the board of
Rreef American REIT II, a real estate investment trust based in San Francisco.
The Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., paid her $34,444.
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Not bad amount of loot!
(The Obama's OWE her!!)
In 1991, as Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Richard Daley, she interviewed Michelle Robinson for an opening in the mayor’s office, and offered her the job immediately.[22] Michelle Robinson asked for time to think and also asked Jarrett to meet her fiancé, Barack Obama. The three ended up meeting for dinner. After the dinner, Michelle took the job with the mayor's office, and Valerie Jarrett reportedly took the couple under her wing and “introduced them to a wealthier and better-connected Chicago than their own,” and taking Michelle with her when she left the mayor's office to head Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development.[23]
Relationship with President Obama
Obama speaks with Jarrett in a West Wing corridor.
