{"id":161,"date":"2017-02-08T18:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T18:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadclub.org\/womens2017\/?p=161"},"modified":"2017-03-30T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:47:48","slug":"hurwitz-sarah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/2017\/02\/08\/hurwitz-sarah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Hurwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"stripe stripe-style-5\" style=\"background-position: top;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-size: auto;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 40px;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\"><div class=\"wpb_row wf-container full-width-wrap\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_custom_1486577154668 vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah-temp-head.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah-temp-head.jpg 840w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah-temp-head-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah-temp-head-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah-temp-head-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element hide-small vc_custom_1486575814625 vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah_hurwitz-slide.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah_hurwitz-slide.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah_hurwitz-slide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah_hurwitz-slide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/02\/sarah_hurwitz-slide-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 75px; height: 75px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1487021056435\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sarah Hurwitz<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chief Speechwriter for Michelle Obama<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 15px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr-thin style-line\" style=\"width: 25%;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_custom_1490363207487\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7MJrUGDRN0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1486575892585\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From 2009 to 2017, Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter, starting out as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then becoming the chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Sarah worked with Mrs. Obama to craft a number of widely-acclaimed addresses, including her 2012 and 2016 Democratic National Convention speeches and her political speeches during the 2016 campaign cycle.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>During Sarah\u2019s time in the White House, she traveled with the President and First Lady across America and to five continents.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Sarah also worked on policy issues affecting young women and girls as a senior advisor to the White House Council on Women and Girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Before working at the White House, Sarah served as a senior speechwriter for then-Senator Barack Obama in the final months of his 2008 presidential campaign and helped Michelle Obama craft her 2008 Democratic National Convention speech.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>During the 2008 presidential primary, Sarah was the chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton from early 2007 until her concession in June of 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prior to working on the Clinton and Obama campaigns, Sarah was a lawyer at the Washington, DC office of WilmerHale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>During the 2004 presidential election, she served as deputy chief speechwriter for General Wesley Clark in the primary and deputy chief speechwriter for Senator John Kerry in the general election.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>From 2000-2001, Sarah was a speechwriter for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sarah is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 800 !important; font-size: 18px !important;\">Chief Speechwriter for Michelle Obama<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 100 !important; 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