Desiree Rogers On Running a Really Big Show: Where East (Wing) Meets West (Wing)
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 7:50AM The Washington Post posts this morning a feature on White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, the "most influential event planner on the planet. "
Highlights from the article include:
• having people sign up online for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, rather than having 36,000 people stand patiently in line
• create an online lottery to get ordinary Americans to state dinners
• extraordinarily candid comments on race relations in America and the goal of moving beyond color
• great comments on style and color, and being a woman who cares about looking good
On the subject of Michelle Obama, Rogers confirms almost verbatim, what I told a CNN reporter yesterday: Michelle is shaping her role just fine. . . . I think we have someone that is very sure of who she is and is thinking . . . very carefully . . . what role and what impact she wants to have. . . . She's very self-assured and very confident in the role that she's taking.
Hear the excellent video Washington Post video interview, and hear about the Obamas and Rogers effort to "bring people together" in "a very small house". Anne
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