Eva Longoria on Obama’s advisory board for post-presidential career

Among the guests at the February dinner: LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, authors Toni Morrison and Malcolm Gladwell, hedge fund manager Marc Lasry, venture capitalist John Doerr, and actress Eva Longoria. All three attended a recent White House dinner.

President Barack Obama has been putting a lot of thought and effort into his post presidency plans, which includes an effort to raise $1 billion for his presidential library and a global foundation, The New York Times reported.

Among the topics discussed at the meetings were fundraising for Obama’s plans to establish a completely digital presidential library the setting up of a global charity foundation. Former President Bill Clinton’s library reportedly cost $165 million.

“He loves those sessions”, a senior adviser told the New York Times. The president was held spellbound, according to guests, as the director described the use of technology to tell stories.

Some discussions at the dinners have focused on the role Obama might play internationally after the diplomatic opening with Cuba, the nuclear deal with Iran, the confrontations with Russian Federation and the draw-down of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Although Mr Obama still has over a year left in office, he has been in conversation with the Jurassic Park and Lincoln director about developing a “narrative” for the years after he leaves his post. Michelle, I don’t know.

As Obama has continued his conversations with eclectic groups about what his postpresidency should look like, those from the tech world and Hollywood are emphasizing that cutting-edge technology in the presidential library would help spread his story worldwide, the Times reports. Ideally, one adviser said, a person in Kenya could put on a pair of virtual reality goggles and be transported to Mr. Obama’s 2008 speech on race in Philadelphia.

Desperate Housewives star Longoria has become a key political figure during the Obama years, co-chairing the president’s re-election campaign in 2012. The president took more than 30 seconds to respond, in a manner that suggested he had not yet settled on a good answer.