Jon Favreau (speechwriter)
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Jonathan Edward Favreau[1] (/ˈfævroʊ/; born June 2, 1981)[2] is an American political commentator, podcaster, and the former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama.[3][4][5]
Jon Favreau | |
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White House Director of Speechwriting | |
In office January 20, 2009 – March 1, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Marc Thiessen |
Succeeded by | Cody Keenan |
Personal details | |
Born | Jonathan Edward Favreau (1981-06-02) June 2, 1981 (age 42) Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Emily Black Favreau (m. 2017) |
Children | 2 |
Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) |
Favreau attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he participated in community and civic programs, graduating as valedictorian.[6] After graduation, he went to work for the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004, working to collect talk radio news for the campaign and was promoted to the role of Deputy Speechwriter.[7] Favreau first met Barack Obama, then a state senator from Illinois, while working on the Kerry campaign.
In 2005, Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter.[8] Favreau was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate. Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader". He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful presidential election campaign. In 2009, he was named to the White House staff as Director of Speechwriting.[9]
In January 2017, he co-founded liberal media company Crooked Media with fellow former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, and began co-hosting the political podcast Pod Save America with Vietor, Lovett, and Dan Pfeiffer.[10]