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After serving as the Obama administration’s social secretary for some 18 months, Desirée Rogers (MBA 1985) left that post in 2010 in the wake of a security breach in which two uninvited guests managed to crash a state dinner. But Rogers, a New Orleans native and descendant of a Creole voodoo princess, landed on her feet. A former utility executive and state official in Illinois, she became the new CEO of Johnson Publishing, which produces Ebony and Jet magazines.
About her stint in the White House, Rogers told Bloomberg Businessweek (December 1, 2011), “Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a businessperson at heart. I like to be in charge.”
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