Desiree Rogers
Desiree Rogers
Desirée Glapion Rogersis an American business executive who is the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Publishing Company. In November 2008 she was selected by Barack Obama's office as the White House Social Secretary for the incoming administration, the first person of African-American descent to serve in this function. On February 26, 2010, the Chicago Sun-Times′ Lynn Sweet reported that she planned to step down. Rogers was replaced by Julianna Smoot, former chief of staff to the U.S. Trade Representative Ron...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth16 June 1959
CountryUnited States of America
I don’t do ordinary work. That is not me in the least.
There's no time to waste. Every day, there needs to be movement on something.
It's the past, it's behind us, and that's the end of it.
I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.
I'm a business person at heart.
Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines.
How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people.
As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.
We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.
I was in the White House for a year and a half. Up to that point, all my jobs had been very unglamorous.
There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good things, the wonderful things the president and first lady are doing, they're looking for an error or to criticize. And it's not conducive to good work.
We can't just rest on the fact that this is beautiful Chicago. I want to triple down on that experience and make it... life-altering.
Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines.
In London, a lot of the time you don't see the sun shine.