For the Obama White House, a Social-Secretary-in-Waiting: NYTimes

Quoted via NY Times:

“Wonderful picnics outside, tree decorating, inviting military families over,” Desirée Rogers, the White House social-secretary-in-waiting, said Monday in a telephone interview. “One of the things that is particularly important for this administration is that we continue along this vein of making it everyone’s America. We are inviting all of America and all of the world to share in that splendor.”

Ms. Rogers, 49, was chosen Monday as the next White House social secretary, making her the first African-American woman to hold the position.

In the announcement, Mr. Obama said Ms. Rogers shared his commitment to “bringing people together to achieve results for the American people at this time of great national challenge.” more