U.S. President Obama, has appointed a new social secretary, Julianna Smoot, to fill the role of outgoing staff member, Desiree Rogers, who resigned last week. It must be difficult having to replace a friend.
Julianna Smoot
N.C. native named White House social secretary
Posted: Monday, Mar. 01, 2010 - North Carolina native Julianna Smoot has been named the new White House social secretary. Smoot, who was finance director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, replaces Desiree Rogers who came under criticism when a socialite couple crashed a White House party last year, Rob Christensen reports.
Smoot, 41, grew up in Southern Pines and Clinton where her father was a golf pro and her mother was a school teacher. Her parents now live in the Wake County town of Willow Springs.
