Desir%C3%A9e Rogers
Desire Glapion Rogers is an American business executive who is the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Publishing Company. In November 2008 she was selected by Barack Obamas office as the White House Social Secretary for the incoming administration, the first person of AfricanAmerican descent to serve in this function. On February 26, 2010, the Chicago SunTimes 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 Kirk. Smoot was the Obama presidential campaign chief fundraiser. On August 10, 2010, Rogers was named CEO of Johnson Publishing Company.
Rogers was born on June 16, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the daughter of the late Roy Glapion and his wife Joyce. Her father was the former director of sports for the New Orleans Public Schools and a member of the New Orleans City Council. Her mother ran daycare centers. She has one brother, Roy A. Glapion, a businessman who is active in civic life in New Orleans. Rogers is a descendant of Voudou priestess Marie Laveau Glapion. Rogers graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans in 1977. She earned a Bachelors degree in political science from Wellesley College in 1981. Rogers earned a MBA from Harvard Business School in 1985.
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