Reginald L. Love served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man for taking care of the president"s needs, to United States President Barack Obama.
Education
Love left this position at the end of 2011, to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania"s Wharton School. He attended high school at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated with a degree in political science and public policy from Duke University.
Career
In July 2015, Vice Media announced that Love would become its sports editor-at-large. He also played wide receiver for the Duke football team on a football scholarship where he was removed from the team for a violation of team rules. He tried out unsuccessfully with several National Football League teams during the two years after he graduated from college.
Love applied for an internship on Capitol Hill in 2006.
He was interviewed by Robert Gibbs, Obama’s communications director, for a position in Obama"s Senate office. He was hired with the title "deputy political director".
He became Obama"s personal assistant in 2007, during the 2008 presidential campaign. As Obama"s aide, his job was to anticipate any and all of Obama"s needs.
In reference to the myriad support duties Love performed, President Obama referred to Love as his "iReggie", a play on Apple"s iPad (“I have an iReggie, who has my books, my newspapers, my music all in one place”).
Love and Obama played basketball every day there was a primary during the 2008 presidential election, and they played regularly in the ensuing years, always on the same side. Obama has described Love as his "little brother."
Love authored a memoir, titled Power Forward: My Presidential Education, about his time with Obama.