Jeremy Bernard

Jeremy Mill Bernard (born November 4, 1961)^[1][2] served as the White House social secretary. Bernard was appointed to the position by President Barack Obama on February 25, 2011. He was the first male, as well as the first gay individual, to serve as the White House social secretary.^[3][4]

Jeremy M. Bernard
Jeremy Bernard at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2018.
29th White House Social Secretary
In office March 1, 2011 – April 2015
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Deesha Dyer
Preceded by	Julianna Smoot
Succeeded by	Deesha Dyer
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-04) November 4, 1961 (age 63) San Antonio, Texas, United States
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Hunter College (Incomplete)

'Show us the Jeremy dance'

Early life

Bernard was born to Herschel and Loretta (Utterback) Bernard and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas.^[5] His father was a fundraiser for Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.^[5] Bernard attended Hunter College in New York City, but did not graduate.^[6]

Career

Bernard is a prominent Democratic fundraiser and gay rights advocate who served for eight years on the Democratic National Committee. He worked in the Obama administration in Washington as the White House liaison to the National Endowment for the Humanities and later, in Paris, as senior adviser and chief of staff to the United States ambassador to France.

Works

• Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life. Scribner. 2018. ISBN 978-1-5011-5800-1.^[7][8]