Ivanka Trump
| Ivanka Trump | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Donald Trump presidential administration |
| Role: | Senior advisor to the president |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Education: | The Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania |
Ivanka Trump is a senior advisor in the Trump administration. She is the daughter of President Donald Trump and the former executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization. She is also the founder of several fashion and lifestyle brands. Trump was also a member of her father's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[1]
Jared Kushner, Trump's husband, is also a senior advisor in the Trump administration.
Career
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 and worked for Forest City Enterprises as a real estate project manager before joining the Trump Organization in 2005.[2][3]
In her role as an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, Trump worked with her brothers, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump, to create the Trump Hotel brand and expand it into international markets. In addition, she launched Trump International Realty in 2012.[3]
In 2009 and 2010, Trump launched Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry and Ivanka Trump Footwear, respectively. In conjunction with her fashion brands, Trump created a lifestyle website that is "dedicated to women who work...in all aspects of their lives."[4][5]
Trump also authored the book The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life. It was published in 2009.[3]
In 2010, Trump became involved with the launch of Girl Up, a campaign affiliated with the United Nations Foundation. According to the UN Foundation website, "Girl Up...gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls." Trump was named a champion of the program, and a bracelet from Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry was sold to benefit the campaign.[6]
On November 11, 2016, the Trump Organization released a statement that Trump, along with Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump would take over the organization while their father served as President of the United States. The statement read, "We are in the process of vetting various structures with the goal of the immediate transfer of management of The Trump Organization and its portfolio of businesses to Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump along with a team of highly skilled executives."[7]
Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017
Ivanka Trump was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration.[1]
Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign
Trump said that her role in her father's 2016 presidential campaign was limited. She said, "My role is daughter. I'm his daughter...My siblings and I volunteer our opinions, solicited or not. And I think most children do that with their parents. I think there's something unique in that we're colleagues."[8]
Trump introduced her father at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.[9] She also penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in September 2016 about Donald Trump's proposed policies on maternity leave and childcare costs.[10]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politico, "Lobbyists abound on Trump transition," November 10, 2016
- ↑ CBS News, "Where did Ivanka Trump go to college?" accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Trump Organization, "The Next Generation: Ivanka Trump," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ UN Foundation, "United Nations Foundation Launches Girl Up," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Trump Organization says billionaire's children to run business," accessed November 17, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Ivanka Trump on father's campaign: 'My role is daughter,'" accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ Fortune, "What Ivanka Trump Thinks of Her Father’s Plans for Working Women," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "The Trump plan will help working mothers," accessed November 16, 2016
