[Jim Noble]

Is she paid by the taxpayers?

Is her salary authorized by statute?

[jjotto]

Senior Advisor and “Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs” Valerie Jarrett made $172,000 in 2010. She is a White House employee.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070106496.html

...More than 460 White House employees are paid a combined $38.7 million in salary...