"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much” "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, " - Michelle Obama .
Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady.
She doesn't perform any official duties.
But she does employ an unprecedented number of staff to cater to her every whim and request in the midst of the Great Recession.
1st Lady History
Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War.
Mamie Eisenhower had a personal secretary, but she paid her salary from her husband's pay.
Other 1st ladies paid for their staff with tax payer’s money.
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies…
Mamie Eisenhower : 1 (paid for personally out of husband's salary)
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Roseline Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hilary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22… 22?
Personal Staff members for Michele Obama: (salaries are annual)
1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye,Jocelyn C. (Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers , Desiree G. (White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , 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 Scheduling 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 Dir of Scheduling/Events Coordinator for 1st 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/Deputy Press Secretary to First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assist. for Scheduling /Traveling Aide to First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (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 1st Lady)
Total of annual salaries paid for Michelle Obama’s staff = $1,591,200
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright,… both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe .
Note: The benefit packages for Michelle Obama’s servants are the same as members of the national security and defense department, and are paid by US taxpayers.
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House history, who has employed such an army of staff whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life.
Again, in Michelle’s own words…
"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much ". "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, " - Michelle Obama
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