List of Obama officials mentoring young women
First Lady Michelle Obama launched a year-long mentoring program for young women on Monday, matching the participants with two dozen top government officials who will tutor them on everything from careers, financial literacy college preparation and health and fitness.
"The germ of the idea was planted in March when Obama invited a star-studded array of women, ranging from entertainers to math geniuses, to fan out across the area and share their stories with students," reports The Post's First Lady correspondent Robin Givhan.
"Obama said she became interested in the power of mentoring as a corporate lawyer in Chicago. Her office, she said, was on the 47th floor of a downtown building and her windows faced south towards her old neighborhood."
See a full list of the women participating in the mentoring program below:
Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States
Lisa Brown, White House staff secretary
Carol Browner, assistant to the president on environment and climate change
Cassandra Butts, deputy counsel to the president
Martha Coven, domestic policy adviser
Mary DeRosa, deputy counsel for national security affairs
Anita Dunn, White House communications director
Danielle Gray, associate counsel to the president
Heather Higginbottom, deputy director of the domestic policy council
Nancy Hogan, White House personnel director
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the president
Camille Johnston, communications director for the first lady
Alyssa Mastromonaco, director of White House scheduling and advance
Cecilia Munoz, director of intergovernmental affairs
Desiree Rogers, White House social secretary
Christina Romer, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
Cecilia Rouse, member of the Council of Economic Advisers
Sonal Shah, director of the White House Office of Social Innovation
Susan Sher, first lady's chief of staff
Elizabeth Sears Smith, deputy cabinet secretary
Christina Tchen, director of public engagement
Beverly White
Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for climate and energy
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Ed O'Keefe
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November 2, 2009; 7:00 PM ET
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