Jon Favreau (speechwriter)
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| White House Director of Speechwriting | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – March 1, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Marc Thiessen |
| Succeeded by | Cody Keenan |
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June 2, 1981 Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
Jonathan E. "Jon" Favreau (born June 2, 1981) is a political commentator and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama.
Favreau attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduating as valedictorian. In college, he accumulated scholastic honors, and took part in and directed community and civic programs. 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. While working for the Kerry campaign, he first met Barack Obama.
In 2005, Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter. 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 as a White House staff member as Director of Speechwriting. Since January 2017 he has co-hosted the political podcast Pod Save America.
Favreau was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, the son of Lillian (née DeMarkis), a schoolteacher, and Mark Favreau. His father is of French Canadian descent and his mother is of Greek descent. A former resident of North Reading, Massachusetts, Favreau graduated from the Jesuit College of the Holy Cross in 2003 as his class's valedictorian, with a degree in political science.
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