Desiree Rogers

News Report - Desiree Rogers

Linda Johnson Rice, CEO of Johnson Publishing Co.; Desiree Rogers, president of social networking for Allstate Financial, a business unit of Allstate Corp., and Neal Zucker, CEO of Corporate Cleaning Services, are talking about occasionally taking their standing weekend lunch date with Ms. Jarrett to Washington.[Crain's Chicago Business]

OFF-THE-CHAIN PARTIES: Allstate's president of social networking, Desiree Rogers, hosted an intimate gathering Friday evening for birthday diva Valerie Jarrett, the newly appointed White House senior adviser to Obama.[Chicago Sun-Times]

Desiree Rogers, a prominent Chicago business executive and friend of Michele and President-elect Barack Obama, is to be named the White House’s first black social secretary, and will be responsible for planning events that occur in the White House or on its grounds, presidential transition officials said.[Arkansas Online (subscription)]

Rogers is currently president of social networking for Allstate Financial, a unit of the Northbrook-based insurance firm.[Chicago Sun-Times]