Reggie Love

Reggie Love
Personal Aide to the President
In office
January 20, 2009 – November 10, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJared Weinstein
Succeeded byBrian Mosteller
Personal details
Born (1981-04-29) April 29, 1981 (age 43)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationDuke University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolProvidence Day
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeDuke (2000–2005)
PositionWide Receiver and Forward
Number42, 30
Career highlights and awards

Reginald L. Love (born April 29, 1981) is an American personal aide, former college football and basketball player, and media editor. Love served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man, to U.S. President Barack Obama.[1][2][3][4] Love left this position around the end of 2011 to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.[5] In July 2015, Vice Media announced that Love would become an editor-at-large for its sports site, Vice Sports.[6][7]

  1. ^ Parker, Ashley (May 27, 2008). "On the Court and on the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Going from one tough job to another: Love working for Obama, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 12, 2008
  3. ^ Wolffe, Richard (October 29, 2008). "The man behind the man: Obama and the aide who makes his campaign tick". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Parnes, Arnie. "Reggie Love turns 27". Politico.com. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  5. ^ Kantor, Jodi (November 11, 2011). "Leaving Obama's Shadow, to Cast One of His Own". The New York Times. p. A24. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. ^ Gold, Hadas (July 9, 2015). "Reggie Love Joins Vice Sports". Politico. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  7. ^ "Vice Sports editorial team grows, adds former Obama aide Reggie Love". Vice Sports. July 9, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2016.