From 1999 to 2000, he served on the Welfare Solidarity Project, eventually becoming its director. Īt Holy Cross, he was treasurer and debate committee chairman for the College Democrats, and studied classical piano. His grandfather, Robert Favreau, was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and described by Favreau as a " New England Republican." Favreau graduated from the Jesuit College of the Holy Cross in 2003 as his class's valedictorian, with a degree in political science. His father is of French Canadian descent and his mother is of Greek descent. Early life and education įavreau was born at Winchester Hospital and raised in nearby North Reading, Massachusetts, the son of Lillian ( née DeMarkis), a schoolteacher, and Mark Favreau. 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. In 2009, he was named to the White House staff as Director of Speechwriting. He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful presidential election campaign. Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader". Favreau was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate.
In 2005, Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter. Favreau first met Barack Obama, then a state senator from Illinois, while working on the Kerry campaign. 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. įavreau attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he participated in community and civic programs, graduating as valedictorian. Jonathan Edward Favreau ( / ˈ f æ v r oʊ/ born June 2, 1981) is an American political commentator, podcaster, and the former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama.
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