Reggie Love

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Reggie Love
Love at the Barack Obama-Joe Biden Vice Presidential announcement on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Illinois
Personal Aide to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 20, 2009
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jared Weinstein
Born	June 21, 1981 (1981-06-21) (age 28)
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Duke University

Reginald L. Love (born June 21, 1981) serves as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man, to United States President Barack Obama.^[1][2][3][4]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career with Barack Obama 2 Gallery 3 References

[edit] Biography

He attended high school at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated with a degree in political science and public policy at Duke University. He was a forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, and played on the 2001 team that won the NCAA national championship, and was a captain of the 2005 team.^[5] He also played wide receiver for the Duke football team, and tried out unsuccessfully with several NFL teams.^[2][3]

[edit] Career with Barack Obama

Love applied for an internship on Capitol Hill in 2006. He was interviewed by Robert Gibbs, Obama’s communications director, for a position in Obama's Senate office.^[2] He was hired with the title "deputy political director."^[4]

As Obama's aide, he has to anticipate any and all of Obama's needs.^[2][4] As part of a tradition, Love and Obama played basketball every day there was a primary during the 2008 presidential election.^[2] Love is currently part of the Obama administration, serving as the President's personal aide.^[6]

Love was featured in the ESPN documentary show E:60 for his role in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. ABC News named him "Person of the Week" on January 23, 2009.^[7]

[edit] Gallery

Reggie Love and Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman travel in a limousine in a presidential motorcade outside of Strasbourg for the Nato Summit, April 2009

President Barack Obama and Reggie Love playing basketball

President Barack Obama and his entourage walking in Kremlin in July 2009

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[edit] References

v • d • e Duke Blue Devils Basketball 2000-2001 NCAA Champions 3 Nick Horvath | 4 Carlos Boozer | 14 Nate James | 20 Casey Sanders | 21 Chris Duhon | 22 Jason Williams | 31 Shane Battier | 34 Mike Dunleavy | 42 Reggie Love Coach Mike Krzyzewski

v • d • e Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President Office Name Term Office Name Term White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel 2009– National Security Advisor Jim Jones 2009– White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen 2009– Deputy National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon 2009– White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Jim Messina 2009– Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Douglas Lute† 2009– Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod 2009– Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes 2009– Senior Advisor to the President Peter Rouse 2009– Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security John O. Brennan 2009– Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement Valerie Jarrett 2009– Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff White House Communications Director Denis McDonough Daniel Pfeiffer 2009- 2009- Director of Public Engagement Christina Tchen 2009– Deputy White House Communications Director Jennifer Psaki 2009– Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz 2009– White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs 2009– Director, National Economic Council Lawrence Summers 2009– Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton 2009– Deputy Director, National Economic Council Diana Farrell 2009– Deputy Press Secretary – Deputy Director, National Economic Council Jason Furman 2009– Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest 2009– Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker 2009– Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau 2009– Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer 2009– White House Counsel Robert Bauer 2009– Member of the Council of Economic Advisors and Staff Director of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Austan Goolsbee 2009– Deputy White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro 2009– Member of the Council of Economic Advisors Cecilia Rouse 2009– Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Lisa Konwinski 2009– Director, Office of Management and Budget Peter R. Orszag 2009– Executive Clerk George T. Saunders† 2009– Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients 2009– Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra 2009– 2009– Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget Rob Nabors 2009– Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra 2009– United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk 2009– Director, Office of Presidential Personnel Don Gips 2009– Director, Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes 2009– Director of Scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco 2009– Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council Heather Higginbottom 2009– Director, White House Military Office vacant 2009– Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Joshua DuBois 2009– Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu 2009– Director, Office of Health Reform Nancy DeParle 2009– Deputy Cabinet Secretary Liz Sears Smith 2009– Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform Jeanne Lambrew 2009– Staff Secretary Lisa Brown 2009– Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner 2009– Director, Office of Management and Administration Bradley Kiley 2009– Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal 2009– Director, Oval Office Operations Micaela Fernandez 2009– Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers Edward B. Montgomery 2009– Personal Aide to the President Reggie Love 2009– Director, Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley 2009– Personal Secretary to the President Katie Johnson 2009– Director, Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley 2009– Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President Eugene Kang 2009– Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske 2009– Chief of Staff to the First Lady Susan Sher 2009– Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy A. Thomas McLellan* 2009– White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers 2009– Director, Office of Urban Affairs Policy Adolfo Carrión, Jr. 2009– Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren 2009– *Senate-confirmation pending.   †Remained from previous administration(s).