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2. From Wiki ... What a slacker Mother, wife, Ivy league alum and faculty, worked in the White ...
Wed May 11, 2022, 05:59 PM
May 2022

... House, worked in the private sector, senior management in presidential campaigns, press spokesperson,
smart, pretty, black, and gay too. No wonder Fox is shittin' kittens. I predict that Fox will be cutting away or
not even broadcasting her pressers.

"She's a product of American education today, and this is the kind of dribble that you wind up with." Fox News C. Hurt


Jean-Pierre graduated from Kellenberg Memorial High School, a college-preparatory school in Long Island in 1993. She obtained a B.S. from the New York Institute of Technology in 1997.[10] She received her MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (SIPA) in 2003, where she served in student government and decided to pursue politics.

Early career

Following graduate school, Jean-Pierre worked as the director of legislative and budget affairs for New York City councilor James F. Gennaro. In 2006, she was hired as the outreach coordinator for Walmart Watch in Washington, D.C. She was the southeast regional political director for John Edwards' presidential campaign in 2004. She joined the Columbia University faculty in 2014, where she is a lecturer in international and public affairs.
Obama-Biden administration Jean-Pierre holding her first White House press briefing in May 2021

During the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, Jean-Pierre was the campaign's southeast regional political director[ and was the regional political director for the White House Office of Political Affairs during the Obama administration's first term.

In 2011, Jean-Pierre served as National Deputy Battleground States Director for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. She led the delegate selection and ballot access process and managed the political engagement in key states, providing resources to help states determine "the best way for them to get the word out for the campaign."


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Personal life

As of 2020, Jean-Pierre lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with her partner, CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, and their daughter. She is fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole.

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