Angella Reid, first woman named chief usher at the White House

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Angella Reid, first woman named chief usher at the White House

There’s a new person in charge at the president’s pad — Angella Reid, just named the next chief usher of the White House.

Currently general manager of the Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City, Reid will run the household staff and grounds at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — a job that has inspired some long tenures: Born in Jamaica, Reid will be only the ninth usher since 1885, and the first woman. The last usher, Stephen W. Rochon, left this year to join the Department of Homeland Security, the White House said.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/angella-reid-first-woman-named-chief-usher-at-the-white-house/2011/10/04/gIQAFwQoLL_blog.html


p.s. I have absolutely NO idea why The Washington Post put this story in their entertainment section!

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Edited to add statement from the White House...

The White House

Office of the First Lady
For Immediate Release
October 04, 2011
White House Announces New Chief Usher, Angella Reid

The White House is pleased to announce that Angella Reid will serve as the next Director of the President’s Executive Residence and “Chief Usher.” Reid will be the ninth person and first woman to serve in the role. Reid brings to the position 25 years of hotel management experience where she won multiple leadership awards. She will begin in November. The position was most recently held by Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon, USCG (Ret.), who departed from the post earlier this year to take a position at the Department of Homeland Security.

As Chief Usher, Reid will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the operations and activities within the Executive Residence and on the Executive Residence grounds. Among her many responsibilities, Reid will oversee management of the Executive Residence to ensure activities and resources are used efficiently and effectively. She will maintain close liaison with the White House Historical Association, the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and other related entities to maintain and preserve the historic People’s House. Reid will also oversee the annual inventory of White House property, conducted by the Office of the Curator and the National Park Service.

Angella Reid currently is General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia. Previously, she served in management positions at The Ritz-Carlton properties in Miami, Florida and Washington, D.C. Before her tenure with The Ritz-Carlton, Reid was General Manager at the Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill Hotel in Connecticut and Director of Operations at the Renaissance New York Hotel in New York City. Reid holds a degree in Hospitality Management from the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft School in Munich, Germany and is conversational in German and basic Spanish.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/04/white-house-announces-new-chief-usher-angella-reid

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1. Very nice. Here's the story from the WaPo with a photo of Reid

Angella Reid, first woman named chief usher at the White House
By The Reliable Source


Angella Reid (Julie Matos with The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City.)

There’s a new person in charge at the president’s pad — Angella Reid, just named the next chief usher of the White House.

Currently general manager of the Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City, Reid will run the household staff and grounds at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — a job that has inspired some long tenures: Born in Jamaica, Reid will be only the ninth usher since 1885, and the first woman. The last usher, Stephen W. Rochon, left this year to join the Department of Homeland Security, the White House said.

Reid was not made available for interviews, but we happen to know that she loves U2 — and knows that the secret to success is “genuinely caring for people.” So she says in a video on the Ritz-Carlton’s corporate Web site. (She’s also a fan of the Pet Shop Boys, Tina Turner and Chris Botti.)

How is she to work with? “Very personable, very patient, very knowledgeable about her business,” said Marty Covert, a meeting planner who has done business with Reid at the Ritz. “She’s a class act.”

By The Reliable Source
10/04/2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/angella-reid-first-woman-named-chief-usher-at-the-white-house/2011/10/04/gIQAFwQoLL_blog.html

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