Wachtel, Katya. «REVOLVING DOOR WATCH: UBS Just Hired Obama's Former Deputy Chief Of Staff To Head Macro Analysis». Business Insider. Besøkt 26. januar 2021. «She's the daughter of a Jewish mother and an African American father, and according to the Post, when her parents were dating in the early 60s in Kansas City Missouri, interracial marriage was illegal so they drove across the river into Kansas during their lunch break "for a clandestine wedding ceremony."»