22 asistentes para Michelle Obama

La Primera Dama de EEUU, Michelle Obama, requiere de un ejército de 22 asistentes para garantizar su vida social.
A continuación, el listado de nombres, funciones y salarios anuales de los asistentes de Michelle Obama, publicado por la prensa libre canadiense en 2009, localizable en la dirección de CanadaFreePress.com

1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)

2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)

3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)

4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)

5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - M ed ina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Sch ed uling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Sch ed uling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)

13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)

15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)

16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special=2 0Assistant for Sch ed uling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)

18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)

19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)

21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)

22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Jamás ha existido en la Casa Blanca, en ninguna época anterior, un ejército de asistentes cuyos únicos deberes son facilitar la vida social de la Primera Dama. Hillary sólo tenía tres, Jackie Kennedy uno, Laura Bush uno y, antes de Mamie Eisenhower, la ayuda social provenía del bolsillo del Presidente

Notas:

•Este listado no incluye la asistencia de especialistas como "la artista del maquillaje" Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49 y "el Primer Estilista de Pelo”, Johnny Wright, 31, quienes viajaron a bordo del Air Force One a Europa.

• Estos SALARIOS suman seis millones, trescientos sesenta y cuatro mil dólares (US$6,364,000) por los 4 años que estará Obama en el poder.