I was in the White House for a year and a half. Up to that point, all my jobs had been very unglamorous.

I'm a business person at heart.

I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.

As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines.

We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.

How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people.