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Here a whole bunch of research from Chicago thread Maggie did that will help connect who is who.

Kelly King Dibble, former IHDA executive director and relative of President Obama’s adviser Valerie Jarrett .”

http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Resources/career-services/events/real_world_speakers.asp

Kelly King Dibble
Kelly King Dibble is senior vice president and director of public affairs and government relations at Northern Trust. As Northern Trust’s senior public affairs officer, Dibble directs the company’s external government relationship strategies and activities at the municipal, state, and federal levels.

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Dibble served as the executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority since 2003. In this position, she was responsible for budgetary, operational, legislative, and policy objectives of the Authority, which has more than $2 billion in assets and 200 employees.

Dibble received her JD from Harvard Law School and holds a BA in economics and political science from Wellesley College. She is a board member of the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute, Ounce of Prevention Fund, and South East Chicago Commission. She is also a member of the Visiting Committee for the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_obamas_and_their_mortgage_1.html

Kelly King Dibble has a long time friendship with Michelle Obama from the time they both worked at the Chicago Planning Dept, and she also worked for Rezko. Dibble went on to head the Illinois Housing Development Authority under Governor Blagojevich, with Rezko help. Dibble also hosted a fund raiser for Obama. More on Dibble here.

Dibble also was mentioned during the Rezko trial by Ali Ata. Dibble was a regular visitor to Rezko’s office while heading the IHDA (which is based in Chicago). She also crossed Rezko when she refused to hire a Rezko relative.

Dibble later resigned from the IHDA in Jan 2007 to take a job with Northern Trust, and is now Senior Vice President Public Affairs. So if Northern Trust is asked about the loan, Dibble will be in charge of framing the answers.

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Vacant land turns to gold for insiders - Buyers with clout cash in on parcels
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Sunday, November 20, 2005

Author: Ray Gibson and Robert Becker, Tribune staff reporters

EXCERPT

After entertaining proposals from a half-dozen builders, the city selected a developer, Historic Drexel Partners LLC, which ultimately built homes selling for between $800,000 and $915,000.

It is a company with close ties to Rezko. One partner is Michael Sreenan, a Chicago attorney who does corporation work for Rezko. The other partner in the venture is Andrew Dibble.

Dibble’s wife, Kelly King Dibble, is the executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, a quasi-state agency charged with developing affordable housing. She had worked as vice president in charge of business development at Rezko’s company, Rezmar, before her appointment to the authority by Blagojevich.

Documents filed by Andrew Dibble with the city were faxed to City Hall using a fax machine in Rezko’s office. Sreenan, who said Rezko wasn’t involved in the project, added that since his office is in the same building as Rezmar, he frequently uses the company’s fax machine.

Shortly after Historic Drexel was sold the property, Andrew Dibble went to work for the state’s Capital Development Board, where he received $78,000 a year as the manager of construction. He has since left the post. His wife receives $137,000 a year at the housing authority.

Home prices escalated

In winning city approval, Sreenan and Dibble said the properties would sell for between $655,000 and $692,000. Sreenan said the prices escalated primarily because home buyers added upgrades for the new homes.

City officials said they selected Historic Drexel because it met the city’s specifications and because it offered $10,000 more than the parcels’ appraisal price.

“This set of respondents not only bid the most, but they offered to pay over the appraised value of the property. And there was no requirement for affordability,” Healy said.

But the Dibble bid wasn’t the highest. Another developer matched it, according to city records.

Historic Drexel’s project also had the support of Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), who increasingly has tapped developers for campaign funds as parts of her ward rapidly gentrify.

Among her donors were Kelly King Dibble, Sreenan, the development’s architect and the contractor, who donated a total of $5,000 at an October 2004 fundraiser for the alderman.

“I supported the development,” Preckwinkle said of Historic Drexel. “I think the homes they built are beautiful.”

After Historic Drexel paid the city $275,000 for the six lots, it obtained a $3.3 million construction loan and built six new homes. One of the homes is the Dibble residence.

When the Dibbles went to record the sales price with the Cook County recorder of deeds, they declared they didn’t have to pay hefty real estate transfer taxes on the sale because they had paid less than $500 for the property and home, even though the couple paid $652,850, according to records.

After questions were raised by the Tribune, Andrew Dibble on Nov. 10 wrote city officials saying that while he had received initial legal advice not to pay a real estate transfer tax, subsequent legal counsel advised him to the contrary. Dibble now faces a transfer tax on the property of about $5,800.

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Ann Dibble Jordan, Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. personal relations:
Vickee Jordan Adams - daughter
Antoinette Cook Bush - stepdaughter
Valerie B. Jarrett - great uncle
Ann Dibble Jordan - spouse

“Many of us were able to introduce [Obama] in our workplaces,” says Alan S. King, a lawyer who studied for the bar exam with Michelle. “That expanded his base of support, raised his profile, and enhanced his fundraising efforts.”