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Career

United States Department of State
2013–present
United States Ambassador Tokyo, Japan
New York City Department of Education
2002–2004
Director Office of Strategic Partnerships
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1980
Research Assistant Film and Television Department

Directorships

Kennedy Library Foundation Boston, Massachusetts USA Honorary President / Board of Directors
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund New York , New York USA Board of Directors
Institute of Politics at Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Senior Advisory Committee

Accomplishments of note

2013
Author: Poems to Learn by Heart Publishers: Hyperion Books for Children
2012
Authored: Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy Publisher:  Hyperion Books with Ted Widmer
2011
Authored: She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems Publisher: Hyperion Books
2007
Authored: A Family Christmas Publisher: Hyperion Books
2005
Authored: The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Publisher: Hyperion Books
2005
Authored: A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
2003
Authored: Profiles In Courage For Our Time Publisher: Hyperion
2001
Authored: A Patriot’s Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love Publisher: Hyperion Books  
1997
Authored: The Right to Privacy Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group with Ellen Alderman
1992
Authored: In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action Publisher: Harper Perennial with Ellen Alderman
1989
Co-Founder of the Profiles in Courage Award Boston, Massachusetts USA with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John Kennedy Jr.

Community

Community service

2002–2011
The Fund for Public Schools New York, New York USA Vice-Chair / Board of Directors
Concord School New York, New York USA Board of Trustees
American Ballet Theater New York, New York USA Honorary Chair
New Visions for Public Schools New York, New York USA Board of Directors

Community honors and awards

1967
Christened the United States Navy Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy United States Navy
Nationality
American
Politics
Democrat
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Avocation
Writing

Education

University
Radcliffe College, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Bachelor of Arts Degree conferred 1980
Law School
Columbia Law School New York, New York, USA Juris Doctor Law
Native language
English
Certificate/License
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar
Issued by
Committee on Admissions, District of Columbia Courts, District of Columbia USA
Certificate/License
Admitted to the New York State Bar
Issued by
New York State Board of Law Examiners, Albany, NY USA

Family

Vital statistics

Birth information
November 27, 1957
Gender
Female
Place of birth
New York, New York USA
Marital status
Married

Marriage

1986–present
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg       3 children Rose Schlossberg (1988) Tatiana Schlossberg (1990) John Schlossberg (1993)

Parents

Father
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Mother
Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy (1929 - 1994)

Grandparents

Father's father
Joseph Patrick KENNEDY, Sr. (1888 - 1969)
Father's mother
Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890 - 1995)
Mother's father
John Vernou BOUVIER III (1891 - 1957)
Mother's mother
Janet Norton (Lee) Bouvier (1907 - 1989)

Ancestry

Irish (3/4) and French (1/4)