Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter (born October 22, 1968) is an American political consultant. She served as an advisor to President Barack Obama during his first presidential term, and was deputy campaign manager for his 2012 re-election campaign. She previously worked in campaign and communications roles for other prominent Democrats including Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and Michelle Obama. The New York Times described her as "a popular but polarizing face of (Obama's) campaign", and a "soldier who says the things the candidate can’t (or won’t) say."
Stephanie Cutter | |
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Cutter on Face the Nation in 2012 | |
| Advisor to the President | |
| In office January 2011 – September 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ivanka Trump (2017) |
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| Born | October 22, 1968 Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Smith College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
After 2012, she founded Precision Strategies, a political consulting firm, with fellow Obama campaign alumni Jen O'Malley Dillon and Teddy Goff. During the 2020 election, she was producer of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention, and following Joe Biden's victory, she was tapped to act as producer of the 2021 inauguration, which included mostly virtual festivities.