Valerie Jarrett: Valerie Jarrett. Actress: The Good Wife. Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian-American businesswoman and former government official. She served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that, she served as a co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. In addition to being senior advisor to the president, Jarrett held other leadership positions and completed...