In New Orleans, winter has moved in with several rainy, cold days, and more to come the next few days, with snow possible on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain. I love winter, normally, but this isn't normal conditions here. We have the highest homeless rate, 11,000+, in the nation, since Katrina, as well as the highest rate of vacant homes. Also,45,000 people in our city can't afford the rents that they are paying, which means, rent takes food off of the table. There are many homeless folks living in abandoned homes here. They have no seat at the table in America. I'll tell you who does though. Below is a list of Whitehouse visitors from Politico. I'll let the list speak for itself.
June 16, Emanuel dinner
Penny Pritzker, CEO, Pritzker Realty
Mark Gallogly of Centerbridge Partners
Mike Fascitelli, CEO, Vornado Realty Trust
Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO, Alcoa
Dave O’Reilly, CEO, Chevron
Richard Smith, CEO, Realogy
Mike Ullman, CEO, J.C. Penney
Keith Wandell, CEO, Harley Davidson
June 25, President and Jarrett lunch
David Cote, president, chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Randall Stephenson, CEO, Verizon
Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola
Ursula Burns, CEO, Xerox
July 14, Emanuel and Jarrett dinner
Penny Pritzker, CEO, Pritzker Realty
Blair Effron, partner, Centerview Partners
David Cote, CEO, Honeywell
Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo
Andrea Jung, CEO, Avon
Sam Palmisano, president, chairman and CEO, IBM
Jeff Kindler, CEO, Pfizer
Greg Case, CEO, Aon
July 30, Jarrett dinner in New York City, hosted by Robert Wolf and Mark Gallogly
Greg Wasson, president and CEO, Walgreens
Dan Doctoroff, president, Bloomberg
Bill Weldon, chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO, Comcast
Bill Donaldson, PERAB member and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Roger Ferguson, PERAB member and CEO, TIAA-CREF
July 31, President and Jarrett lunch
Ivan Seidenberg, CEO, Verizon
Daniel DiMicco, CEO, Nucor
Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks
Mike Duke, CEO, Wal-Mart
Aug. 11, Geithner and Jarrett dinner
Tim Armstrong, chairman and CEO, AOL
Scott Davis, CEO, UPS
James Kennedy, CEO, T. Rowe Price
Arne Sorenson, president and COO, J.W. Marriott
Bob Stevens, CEO, Lockheed Martin
Ron Williams, CEO, Aetna
Sept. 16 , Valerie Jarrett and Larry Summers breakfast
Dave Cote, president, chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Evan Greenberg, chairman and CEO, ACE
Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola
Robert McDonald, president and CEO, Procter & Gamble
James McNerney, president, chairman and CEO, Boeing
Jim Owens, chairman and CEO, Caterpillar
Sam Palmisano, president, chairman and CEO, IBM
Sept. 21, Geithner dinner
Samuel Allen, CEO, John Deere
Richard Anderson, CEO, Delta
Ellen Kullman, CEO, DuPont
James McNerney, president, chairman and CEO, Boeing
Steven Rogel, CEO, Weyerhaeuser
Oct. 6, Emanuel and Jarrett dinner
Jess Bewkes, chairman and CEO, Time Warner
Mark Gallogly, co-founder and managing partner, Centerbridge Partners
Andrew Liveris, president, chairman and CEO, Dow
Daniel Neidich, founding partner and CEO, Dune Capital Management
Paul Otellini, CEO, Intel
Penny Pritzker, CEO, Pritzker Realty
James Turley, chairman and CEO, Ernst & Young
Robert Wolf, chairman and CEO, UBS Group (Americas)
Oct. 8, President and Jarrett lunch
Jeff Bezos, president, chairman and CEO, Amazon.com
Lew Hay, chairman and CEO, FPL Group
Antonio Perez, chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak
Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO, Kraft
Oct. 14, Jarrett New York City breakfast
Mark Gallogly, co-founder and managing partner, Centerbridge Partners
Laurence Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Glenn Britt, CEO, Time Warner
Lew Frankfort, chairman and CEO, Coach
Roger Altman, founder and chairman, Evercore
Oct. 14, Jarrett New York City coffee
Robert Wolf, chairman and CEO, UBS Group (Americas)
Mortimer Zuckerman, chairman, Boston Properties
Archibald Cox, chairman, Barclays Americas
Mary Tighe, CEO, New York Tri-State Region, CBRE
Shelly Lazarus, CEO, Ogilvy and Mather
Eric Mindich, founder, Eton Park
Daniel Tishman, chairman and CEO, Tishman Construction
Oct. 21, Geithner and Jarrett dinner
Frank Blake, chairman and CEO, Home Depot
Rob Henrikson, president, chairman and CEO, MetLife
James Murren, chairman and CEO, MGM Mirage
Chris Nassetta, president and CEO, Hilton
Jonathan Tisch, chairman and CEO, Loews Hotels
Oct. 28, Jarrett and Summers dinner
John Rowe, chairman and CEO, Exelon
James Kennedy, president and CEO, T. Rowe Price
Louis Chenevert, president and CEO, United Technologies
Jeff Fettig, chairman and CEO, Whirlpool
Ursula Burns, president and CEO, Xerox
Nov. 3, Jarrett and Summers dinner
Gregory Page, chairman & CEO, Cargill
Sam Allen, CEO, Deere.
Ellen Kullman, CEO, DuPont
Scott Davis, chairman and CEO, UPS
John Surma, president, chairman and CEO, U.S. Steel
Greg Wasson, president and CEO, Walgreens
Nov. 23, Mike Froman at U.S.-India CEO Forum
Paul Hanrahan, president and CEO, AES
Michael Splinter, president, chairman andCEO, Applied Materials
Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup
Andrew Liveris, president, chairman and CEO, Dow
Ellen Kullman, CEO, DuPont
David Cote, president, chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan
Terry McGraw, president, chairman and CEO, McGraw Hill
Richard Clark, president, chairman and CEO, Merck
Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO, Qualcomm
Louis Chenevert, president and CEO, UTC