Jon Bon Jovi ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd. You’re gonna hear his voice, when he shouts it out loud — at the White House Council for Community Solutions.
On Tuesday, President Obama announced his intent to appoint Mr. Bon Jovi, along with 24 others, to the newly established Council for Community Solutions, a group that, according to the administration’s press release, “will prove advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs.”
The White House press release highlighted Mr. Bon Jovi’s work with the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps those in need and is dedicated to breaking “the cycle of poverty and homelessness in the United States,” before also noting his “more than 120 million albums” and “2,600 concerts for more than 34 million fans.”
“I am honored to have been selected by the President to serve on the newly created White House Council for Community Solutions,” Mr. Bon Jovi said in a statement through his publicist. “I have seen firsthand the powerful impact when people from the public, private and nonprofit sectors work together. All of us have a role to play in helping address some of our nation’s most serious problems, and I look forward to working with the rest of the council to help out where I can.”
This is not Mr. Bon Jovi’s first foray out of the music world. In addition to his foundation, founded in 2006, he was also previously a part owner of the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football team. Presumably, he’ll sleep when he’s dead.