Erin Mason's Profile

In 1996, Michelle joined the University of Chicago with a vision of bringing
campus and community together. As associate dean of student services, she
developed the university's first community service program, and under her
leadership as vice president of community and external affairs for the
University of Chicago Medical Center, volunteerism skyrocketed.

President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering
belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the
Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut
taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their
parents. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass
groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and
bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online.