Terry Szuplat
Speechwriter and communication trainer
Terry Szuplat was a speechwriter for President Barack Obama and now runs his own speechwriting firm. He wrote Say It Well.
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About Terry Szuplat
Terry Szuplat was one of Barack Obama's longest-serving speechwriters. From 2009 to 2017 he was a special assistant to the president and worked on the National Security Council staff. From 2013 to 2017 he was deputy director of the White House Speechwriting Office. He runs Global Voices Communications, his own speechwriting firm, and teaches speechwriting at American University's School of Public Affairs, where he studied. His essays have appeared in the New Yorker, New York Magazine and the Washington Post. His book in our catalog is Say It Well. Szuplat is originally from East Falmouth, Massachusetts. Today he makes his home near Washington, D.C., sharing it with his spouse and their two kids.