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Keynote Speaker
Sarah Hurwitz
Author | Speechwriter | Speaker

Honoring
Founding Chairs Judith Roscow and Patricia L. Siger

JWF Grantees
Representing Yeshiva Girls School; Jewish Fertility Foundation; Open Field: Sacred Spaces;
Hillel Jewish University Center; Ruth's Way; Classrooms Without Borders; Community Day School;
Crossroads Foundation; Jewish Community Center; When She Thrives; Women's Center & Shelter;
Jewish Family & Community Services; SHIM; Planned Parenthood

Sarah Hurwitz

Author | Speechwriter | Speaker

Sarah Hurwitz was a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, starting out as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then serving as chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama from 2010 to 2017. Sarah worked with Mrs. Obama to craft widely-acclaimed addresses — including her 2008, 2012, and 2016 Democratic National Convention speeches – and traveled with the First Lady across America and to five continents. Sarah also worked on policy issues affecting young women and girls as a senior advisor to the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Before working at the White House, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential primary campaign. She then joined the Obama campaign, serving as a senior speechwriter for then-Senator Obama. Prior to the Clinton and Obama campaigns, Sarah served as deputy chief speechwriter for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, deputy chief speechwriter for General Wesley Clark’s primary campaign, and a speechwriter for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.  Sarah was also a lawyer at the Washington, DC office of WilmerHale and is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Sarah has been profiled in The Washington Post, People.com, The Boston Globe, and The Guardian; interviewed on The Today Show, Morning Joe, Amanpour & Co., and NPR; and featured in The Forward as one of 50 Jews who impacted American life in 2016 and 2019.

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Jewish Women's Collaborative International Fund
Jews for a Secular Democracy
Jfunds (with Hebrew Free Loan as fiscal agent)
Magee Womancare International
Magee Womens Hospital
Magee Womens Hospital Foundation
National Council of Jewish Women - Center for Women/MomsWork
Neighborhood Academy
New Voices Pittsburgh
Open Field
Organization for Resolution of Agunot
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
Pittsburgh Center for Women and Politics
Pittsburgh Mediation Center
Pittsburgh Promise
Planned Parenthood
Ruling Our Experiences (ROX)
Ruth's Way
Sacred Spaces
Sarah Heinz House
SETPoint
South Hills Interfaith Movement
Squirrel Hill Health Center
STANDING FIRM
Strong Women Strong Girls
Supportive Community - Israel
Three Rivers Rowing
Tzohar Arts
UCP/Strong Women Strong Girls
United Way - United for Women
When She Thrives
Womansplace
Women's Center & Shelter
Women's Health Center - Israel
Women's Law Project
Yeshiva Girls School

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