Ivanka will be stay-at-home mom thanks to husband's White House move as she quits her own and father's company to 'settle children into new home' 

  • Ivanka Trump was a constant presence at her father's side on the Apprentice and in real life during countless business deals
  • She took heat for attending a meeting alongside the Prime Minister of Japan after the election
  • Her husband, Jared Kushner, is joining the Trump administration as a senior counselor to the president
  • Any further business role for her might have invited further potential conflicts as her husband advises her father 
  • A Trump attorney announced Wednesday Ivanka will have no professional role 'whatsoever' in the Trump organization 
  • She also suffered in the wallet, with the Trump Organization abandoning deals worth 'millions,' according to the attorney

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:57 EST, 11 January 2017 | Updated: 05:33 EST, 12 January 2017

She carved out a role as a pathbreaking professional woman, but now future first daughter Ivanka Trump is to focus on raising her four kids in Washington.

'My husband, Jared, and I will be moving with our family to Washington, D.C., where Jared will serve as Senior Advisor to the President,' Ivanka Trump wrote in a post on Facebook.

'I plan to take time to settle our three young children into their new home and schools.'

'When my father takes office as the 45th President of the United States of America, I will take a formal leave of absence from The Trump Organization and my eponymous apparel and accessories brand,' she wrote. 'I will no longer be involved with the management or operations of either company.' 

Ivanka Trump is stepping back from her executive role to 'to settle our three young children into their new home and schools' she wrote

Attorney Sheri Dillon, who advised Trump on relinquishing his role in an array of Trump Organization companies, described Ivanka's new role at a press conference Wednesday.

She said Ivanka would have 'no further involvement with or management authority whatsoever with the Trump Organization.'

'As she and Jared move their family to D.C., Ivanka will focus on settling her children into their new homes and their new schools,' Dillon said, using nearly identical language to that used by Ivanka in her post.

Ivanka Trump is resigning her role as Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions after 11 years with the organization.

Ivanka Trump's withdrawal from the Trump Organization was brought about by several factors. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is a trusted advisor to her father, and is being brought onto his West Wing staff.

Some ethics experts have warned that even this move violates at least the spirit of anti-nepotism legislation enacted after Bobby Kennedy served as his brother's attorney general.

Having Ivanka simultaneously running the family business would have proved untenable.

Letting her hair down: Ivanka Trump was photographed stepping out of her Park Avenue apartment on Wednesday morning 

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are moving into a luxurious new home in DC's tony Kalorama neighborhood

THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD: Ivanka Trump will focus on raising her three children, which is an executive challenge of its own

BOY'S CLUB: Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr will run the family business along with an executive. Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared, is joining the White House staff. Ivanka Trump is giving up her executive position

Ivanka Trump is expected to help fill some of the ceremonial obligations of the first lady while Melania Trump remains in New York. She also is giving up her eponymous brand

NEW CALLING: Ivanka Trump says she will focus on raising her kids after moving to Washington

Glamorous look: Ivanka wore her long blonde hair in a very straight style, allowing it to flow loose around her shoulders

Future First Daughter: The 35-year-old donned a black wrap coat from the eponymous collection over her green pencil dress 

Ivanka Trump has written a book about balancing women's needs to succeed at home and in the workforce

Famous face: People stopped to take photos of the future First Daughter as she walked out of her door 

Ivanka Trump attends the 2015 Forbes Women's Summit: Transforming The Rules Of Engagement at Pier 60 on June 10, 2015 in New York

She also is expected to pick up some of the ceremonial roles traditionally associated with the first lady while Melania Trump remains in New York to raise her young son, Baron.

Ivanka Trump is also stepping down from her role from her Ivanka Trump fashion brand. 

Ivanka Trump's description of her new role 

When my father takes office as the 45th President of the United States of America, I will take a formal leave of absence from The Trump Organization and my eponymous apparel and accessories brand. I will no longer be involved with the management or operations of either company.

I have appointed Abigail Klem as president to lead my brand. She will work with a board of trustees to manage the strategic and day-to-day operations of the business; I am confident that under her leadership the company will continue creating smart, solution-oriented product and content. My brothers will oversee The Trump Organization, and I know that in their capable hands the business will thrive.

My husband, Jared, and I will be moving with our family to Washington, D.C., where Jared will serve as Senior Advisor to the President. I plan to take time to settle our three young children into their new home and schools.

I'm grateful for the overwhelming amount of outreach I've received from people all across America who have shared their stories and offered to extend their ideas and expertise in the areas I am deeply passionate about, including the education and empowerment of women and girls; leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs and job creators and unleashing the potential of women in the workplace. I am eager to hear more from them as I determine the most impactful and appropriate ways for me to serve our country.

Thank you to those of you who've lent your voices and perspective. To those of you I’ve yet to meet, I look forward to working with you and for you.

According to Kushner's attorney, Ivanka also will recuse herself from participating from decisions around the new Trump luxury hotel in Washington, Vanity Fair reported.

The withdrawal from professional work comes amid amid a short-term professional blow to Ivanka (whose father and husband are both billionaires). 

According to Sheri Dillon, 'Through instructions in the trust agreement ... President-elect Trump first ordered that all pending deals be terminated. This impacted more than 30 deals, many of which were set to close by the end of 2016.'

'As you can well imagine, that caused an immediate financial loss of millions of dollars, not just for President-elect Trump, but also for Don, Ivanka and Eric.'

Don and Eric will take over the Trump Organization, aided by an executive.

Ivanka will have plenty to keep her hands full. 

'I'm grateful for the overwhelming amount of outreach I've received from people all across America who have shared their stories and offered to extend their ideas and expertise in the areas I am deeply passionate about, including the education and empowerment of women and girls; leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs and job creators and unleashing the potential of women in the workplace,' she wrote in her Facebook post. 

'I am eager to hear more from them as I determine the most impactful and appropriate ways for me to serve our country,' she added.

She and Kushner have three children, Arabella Rose Kushner, who is in Kindergarten, Theodore James, who was born in March, and Joseph Frederick, 3.

Ivanka Trump's book, 'Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success,' is set for release in March. 

I've been fortunate to be able to build my career around my passions, from real estate to fashion,' she writes. 'But my professional titles only begin to describe who I am and what I value. I'm an executive and an entrepreneur, but I'm also—and just as importantly—a wife, mother, daughter and friend. To me, 'work' encompasses my efforts to succeed in all of these areas. 

'Women who work lead meetings and train for marathons,' she writes in a preview on Amazon. 'We learn how to cook and how to code. We inspire our employees and our children. We innovate at our current jobs and start new businesses.

KITCHEN CABINET: Ivanka wrote about a 'delicious breakfast' that Arabella prepared by Arabella

Proud mom: Ivanka took to Instagram on Sunday to share a photo of herself holding her nine-month-old son Theodore while she took him and her five-year-old son Joseph sledding 

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