Jeremy Bernard, a major
fund-raiser for Barack Obama's presidential
campaign, was tapped this week by the president to serve
as the White House liaison to the National Endowment
for the Humanities,
reports the
Washington Blade.
Bernard's job will
mean he'll serve as the point person between the White
House and the NEH, a government agency that provides grants to
research and programs in the humanities.
Bernard and his
partner, Rufus Gifford, raised oodles of money for
Obama's campaign. Gifford was appointed last month as
finance director for the Democratic National Committee. Bernard
and Gifford live in Los Angeles, so it looks like a move to
Washington, D.C., is most likely in the works for the power
couple.
Bernard worked for Bill
Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and in the late
'90s served on a presidential advisory committee at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (Neal
Broverman, Advocate.com)
