| Jeremy M. Bernard | |
| Office: | 29th White House Social Secretary |
| President: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start: | March 1, 2011 |
| Term End: | April 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Julianna Smoot |
| Deputy: | Deesha Dyer |
| Successor: | Deesha Dyer |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1961 |
| Birth Place: | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Alma Mater: | Hunter College (Incomplete) |
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]
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]
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.