Jon Lovett

Jon Lovett
Born	1982 (age 35) Woodbury, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Speechwriter, screenwriter, producer, comedian
Alma mater	Williams College
Years active	2004–present

Jon Lovett (born 1982) is an American screenwriter, speechwriter, television producer, and podcaster. After working as a speechwriter for President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Lovett produced The Newsroom and co-created 1600 Penn.

Lovett was born to a Jewish family in Woodbury, Long Island that operated a box factory started by his grandfather. Lovett was graduated from Williams College in 2004 with a degree in math. His senior thesis, Rotating Linkages in a Normed Plane, led to a publication in American Mathematical Monthly. Lovett also delivered the 2004 Williams College commencement address. After graduation, Lovett spent a year working as a stand-up comic in New York.

In 2004, Lovett volunteered for John Kerry's presidential campaign, and was offered a writing internship. He then briefly worked in Jon Corzine's Senate office. In 2005, Lovett was hired to assist Sarah Hurwitz as a speechwriter for then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and he continued to write speeches for her through her 2008 presidential campaign. When Clinton lost the 2008 Democratic primary contest, Lovett won an anonymous contest to write speeches for President Barack Obama in the White House. Lovett wrote speeches in the Obama administration for three years, working particularly closely with Jon Favreau and David Axelrod. Prominent speeches that he wrote include policy speeches on financial reform and don't ask, don't tell, as well as remarks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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