Hari Sevugan

Hari Sevugan
Personal details
Born (1974-12-30) December 30, 1974
Tamil Nadu, India
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign
Northwestern University

Hari Sevugan (born 1974) is the former national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.[1] He served as the senior spokesman for the Barack Obama presidential campaign. According to one report "Sevugan's sound bytes were often pithy, biting and memorable." [2] Another report is more direct, noting during the 2008 campaign Sevugan always gave out "the press office's harshest lines." [3] He is currently one of the Principals at Chicago-based advocacy firm 270 Strategies.

In June, 2011, Sevugan left his position with the DNC[4] to become the Vice President of Communications for StudentsFirst, an education reform organization founded by Michelle A. Rhee, former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools. He resigned his position in 2012 amidst reports of political differences.[5]

Sevugan grew up in the suburbs of Chicago after moving to the United States with his family from India in 1977.[2] He majored in political science from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and received a JD from Northwestern University.[2] In 2003, he quit his legal practice to serve in the political campaign for Dan Hynes against Barack Obama in the Democratic primary for an open Senate seat from Illinois.[2]

Prior to his career in politics, Sevugan was a middle school teacher at I.S. 143 in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, where he once dyed his hair blond in front of the entire school after losing a bet with his students.[2][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "The best political profiles on the web". WhoRunsGov. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hari Sevugan". The Washington Post. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  3. ↑ Smith, Ben (2009-03-18). "Sevugan to the DNC - Ben Smith". Politico.Com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  4. ↑ Smith, Ben (2011-06-04). "DNC official will go to Rhee group - Ben Smith". Politico.Com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  5. ↑ Resmovits, Joy (2013-01-04). "Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Loses Top Democrats, Hires New President". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  6. ↑ "States Enacting Comprehensive Ed Reform". StudentsFirst.org. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Check out the top 10". StudentsFirst.org. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
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