Content deleted Content added
Irrelevant to reason for inclusion |
added Category:21st-century American lawyers using HotCat Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
||
| (14 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
Line 4:
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Stephanie Cutter
|image =
| caption = Cutter on ''[[Face the Nation]]'' in 2012
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|22}}
|birth_place = [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
Line 18 ⟶ 12:
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|education = [[Smith College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Stephanie Cutter''' (born October 22, 1968) is an American [[political consultant]]. She served as an advisor to President [[Barack Obama]] during his [[presidency of Barack Obama|first presidential term]], and was deputy [[campaign manager]] for his [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|2012 re-election campaign]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Citation|url = http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/first-on-cnn-cutter-to-leave-white-house-for-obama-campaign/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928005724/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/first-on-cnn-cutter-to-leave-white-house-for-obama-campaign/|url-status = dead|archive-date = September 28, 2011|title = Cutter to leave White House for Obama campaign|work = politicaltracker|publisher = CNN|access-date = February 13, 2012|date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> She previously worked in campaign and communications roles for other prominent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] including [[Ted Kennedy]], [[John Kerry]], and [[Michelle Obama]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url= https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/stephanie-cutter |title= Stephanie Cutter |date= 2011-01-11 |website= [[Whitehouse.gov]] |language=en |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described her as "a popular but polarizing face of
▲'''Stephanie Cutter''' (born October 22, 1968) is an American [[political consultant]]. She served as an advisor to President [[Barack Obama]] during his [[presidency of Barack Obama|first presidential term]], and was deputy [[campaign manager]] for his [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|2012 re-election campaign]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Citation|url = http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/first-on-cnn-cutter-to-leave-white-house-for-obama-campaign/|title = Cutter to leave White House for Obama campaign|work = politicaltracker|publisher = CNN|access-date = February 13, 2012|date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> She previously worked in campaign and communications roles for other prominent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] including [[Ted Kennedy]], [[John Kerry]], and [[Michelle Obama]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url= https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/stephanie-cutter |title= Stephanie Cutter |date= 2011-01-11 |website= [[Whitehouse.gov]] |language=en |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> ''[[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."<ref name="NYT1"/>
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 United States presidential election|2020 election]], she was producer of the all-virtual [[2020 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], and following [[Joe Biden]]'s victory, she was tapped to act as producer of the [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|2021 inauguration]], which included mostly virtual festivities.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/15/946721063/inauguration-day-from-home-biden-team-plans-celebration-amid-covid-19 |title= Inauguration Day, From Home: Biden Team Plans Celebration Amid COVID-19 |work= [[NPR]] |date= December 15, 2020 |first= Robert |last= Rampton |access-date= December 15, 2020 }}</ref>
Line 36 ⟶ 25:
Beginning in 2001, she served as Communications Director for Senator [[Ted Kennedy]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovK4DQAAQBAJ&q=2001+cutter+served+as+Communications+Director+for+Senator+Ted+Kennedy.&pg=PA297|title=Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting|last=Johnson|first=Dennis W.|date=2016-10-18|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190272708|language=en}}</ref>
In November 2003, she was named communications director for the [[John Kerry]] campaign,<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6421297/site/newsweek/print/1/displaymode/1098/
|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/04/how-stephanie-cutter-obama-s-one-woman-warrior-wages-political-combat.html
|access-date=January 27, 2012
Line 47 ⟶ 36:
Cutter joined [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|first presidential campaign]] in 2008 as a senior advisor to Barack Obama and as the [[chief of staff]] to [[Michelle Obama]].<ref name="Enterprise1">{{cite web |last1=Alspach |first1=Kyle |title=Raynham native named chief spokesperson for Obama transition |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/homepage/x835134858/Raynham-native-named-chief-spokesperson-for-Obama-transition |website=[[The Enterprise (Brockton)|The Enterprise]] |access-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232911/https://www.enterprisenews.com/homepage/x835134858/Raynham-native-named-chief-spokesperson-for-Obama-transition |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |date=November 8, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Cutter has been credited with helping the campaign receive an endorsement from Kennedy and improving Michelle Obama's public reputation during the campaign.<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="NYT3">{{cite news |title=The New Team: Stephanie Cutter |last1=Zeleny |first1=Jeff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/politics/21web-cutter.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 21, 2008 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> Cutter became a trusted aide to both Obamas and in 2009 was named one of the "50 Most Powerful People in D.C." by ''[[GQ]]''.<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="GQ">{{cite web |last1=Draper |first1=Robert |last2=Naddaf |first2=Raha |last3=Goldstein |first3=Sarah |last4=Hylton |first4=Wil S. |last5=Kirby |first5=Mark |last6=Veis |first6=Greg |last7=Newmyer |first7=Tory |title=The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C. |url=https://www.gq.com/gallery/50-most-powerful-people-in-dc |website=[[GQ]] |access-date=May 11, 2022 |date=October 13, 2009}}</ref>
She served as the Chief Spokesperson for the [[Obama-Biden Transition Project]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicshome.com/usa/Landing.aspx?Blog=4332&perma=link#4332 |title=All today's politics in one place | Front Page |publisher=PoliticsHome |access-date=April 13, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She served in the Treasury Department as [[Timothy Geithner]]'s counselor<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.precisionstrategies.com/team/|title=Our Team|website=Precision Strategies|language=en|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> where "she protected Geithner’s fragile reputation and tried to spin unpopular policies like the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] and the A.I.G. bailout."<ref name="NYT1"/> In May 2009, Cutter was appointed to serve as adviser to President Obama in the Supreme Court nominations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/cutter-to-white-house-for-cour.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130925/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/cutter-to-white-house-for-cour.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Cutter to White House for Court Fight |date=May 17, 2009 |access-date= May 17, 2009 |first=Chris |last=Cillizza}}</ref> Later that year, ''[[GQ]]'' Magazine named Cutter one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/200911/50-most-powerful-in-dc-49 |work=[[GQ]] |title=49. Stephanie Cutter |date=October 2009 |access-date=November 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616100625/http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/200911/50-most-powerful-in-dc-49 |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref>
In 2010, Cutter was named Assistant to the President for Special Projects, charged with managing communications and outreach strategy for the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Frumin |url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/white-house-taps-stephanie-cutter-to-sell-health-care-reform.php |title=White House Taps Stephanie Cutter To Sell Health Care Reform |publisher=TPMDC|date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=April 13, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Cutter was named Deputy Senior Advisor to President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48318.html|title=Full text of Bill Daley's announcement|first=Bill|last=Daley|date=January 27, 2011|access-date=January 27, 2011|author-link=William M. Daley |newspaper=Politico}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Line 53 ⟶ 42:
In September 2011, the White House announced Cutter would leave her position as Deputy Senior Advisor to serve as deputy campaign manager for Obama for America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-2012-campaign-team-election-2012-7|title=Meet The Five Secret All-Stars Behind Barack Obama's 2012 Campaign|last=Schneider|first=Elena|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> She has appeared in numerous campaign videos and ads for Obama's campaign, as well as a guest in TV appearances.<ref name=politicoromano/> During the 2012 campaign, [[Steve Schmidt]], a Republican strategist, stated that Cutter is "arguably the strongest player on either side out there now."<ref name=politicoromano/>
[[CNN]] announced on June 26, 2013, that Cutter will join a new version of ''[[Crossfire (U.S. TV program)|Crossfire]]'' re-launching<ref name=":2" /> in the fall of 2013, with panelists [[Newt Gingrich]], [[S. E. Cupp]], and [[Van Jones]].<ref name="xfire">{{cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/26/crossfire-coming-back-to-cnn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630095908/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/26/crossfire-coming-back-to-cnn/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2013|title='Crossfire' coming back to CNN|date=June 26, 2013|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>
Besides her role at CNN Cutter founded Precision Strategies, where she is a partner.<ref name="Our Team">{{Cite web|url=https://www.precisionstrategies.com/team/|title=Our Team|website=Precision Strategies|language=en|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/cutter.stephanie.html|title=CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Stephanie Cutter|work=CNN|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> Precision Strategies is a strategic consulting firm based in [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[New York City]].<ref name="Our Team"/> Cutter started the firm with three veterans that worked for the Obama 2012 campaign team.<ref name=":3" />
Cutter informed CNN staffers on October 7, 2013, that she was pregnant with her first child. With a due date of early March 2014, she informed the network she would return to ''Crossfire'' after maternity leave. She remained with the series until it ended in July of that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/stephanie-cutter-pregnant-expecting-child_n_4059717.html|title=Stephanie Cutter Pregnant With First Child|date=October 7, 2013|publisher=[[Huffingtonpost.com]]|access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2013/10/07/stephanie-cutter-obama-strategist-turned-cnn-star-is-pregnant/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|title=Stephanie Cutter, Obama strategist turned CNN star, is pregnant}}</ref>
Cutter served as the Program Executive for the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="unitingamerica">{{cite web |title="Uniting America"—Democrats Announce Themes for Four Nights of Convention |url=https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/uniting-america-democrats-announce-themes-for-four-nights-of-convention/ |website=2020 Democratic National Convention |access-date=8 August 2020 |date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817123942/https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/uniting-america-democrats-announce-themes-for-four-nights-of-convention/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Cutter co-founded Precision Strategies with [[Jennifer O'Malley Dillon]] and Teddy Goff in 2013. The consulting firm reportedly worked with a variety of political and private clients, including [[Justin Trudeau]],<ref name="Star1">{{cite news |title=Canada-U.S. relations changed over four years with Donald Trump — Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden will find some useful lessons |last1=Delacourt |first1=Susan |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/11/07/canada-us-relations-changed-over-four-years-with-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-and-joe-biden-will-find-some-useful-lessons.html |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=November 7, 2020 |access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref> [[March for Our Lives]],<ref name="CNN3">{{cite news |title=A young girl teaches active-shooter training to grownups |last1=Criss |first1=Doug |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/us/generation-lockdown-psa-trnd/index.html |work=CNN |date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref> and [[General Electric]].<ref name="Politico2">{{cite news |title=One of the most Biden-connected firms in D.C. is exploring a sale |last1=Meyer |first1=Theodoric |last2=Thompson |first2=Alex |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/02/biden-connected-firm-dc-sale-497771 |work=Politico |date=July 2, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2022}}</ref> Cutter was the Chief Program Executive for the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]], held for the first time as a virtual event rather than an in-person gathering due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="NYT4">{{cite web |last1=Smeyne |first1=Rebecca |last2=Barrayn |first2=Laylah Amatullah |last3=Lee |first3=Christopher |last4=Gilbertson |first4=Ashley |title=Opinion: What the First Virtual Convention Looked Like Across America |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/opinion/what-the-first-virtual-convention-looked-like-across-america.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> The following year, Cutter and [[Ricky Kirshner]] served as [[executive producer]]s of President [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Presidential transition of Joe Biden|inauguration]].<ref name="NPR1">{{cite news |title=Inauguration Day, From Home: Biden Team Plans Celebration Amid COVID-19 |last1=Rampton |first1=Roberta |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/15/946721063/inauguration-day-from-home-biden-team-plans-celebration-amid-covid-19 |work=[[NPR]] |date=December 15, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="WaPo1">{{cite news |last1=Judkis |first1=Maura |title=Still dazzled by the inauguration show? Here's how it came together, and why Tom Hanks looked so cold. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inauguration-fireworks-concert-tom-hanks/2021/01/22/d75cadd4-5c14-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Part of the inauguration, ''[[Celebrating America]]'', earned Cutter and Kirshner a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Live Variety Special]] award at the [[73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]].<ref name="CBS1">{{cite web |last1=Freiman |first1=Jordan |title=2021 Emmy Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2021-emmy-awards-winners-nominees-list/ |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=September 20, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Emmy1">{{cite web |title=Outstanding Music Direction Nominees / Winners 2021 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-variety-music-or-comedy-special |website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=April 11, 2022 |language=en |date=2021}}</ref>
In August 2024, campaign officials for [[Kamala Harris]]'s [[Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign|2024 presidential campaign]] announced that Cutter will be senior adviser for strategy messaging.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/kamala-harris-hires-new-senior-strategists-campaign-expands-portfolio-others/| title=Harris hires Obama campaign veterans to join 2024 effort, replacing Biden loyalists| author1=Michael Scherer| author2=Tyler Pager| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=August 2, 2024}}</ref> Cutter and [[Ricky Kirshner]] served as co-[[executive producer]]s of the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="Crusader Newspaper Group">{{cite news |title=Democratic National Convention Reveals 2024 Convention Stage |last1=Crusader |first1=Staff |url=https://chicagocrusader.com/democratic-national-convention-reveals-2024-convention-stage/ |work=[[Crusader Newspaper Group]] |date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>
== References ==
Line 77 ⟶ 68:
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:American political consultants]]
[[Category:American women lawyers]]▼
[[Category:Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign]]
[[Category:CNN people]]
Line 87 ⟶ 77:
[[Category:Women in Massachusetts politics]]
[[Category:People from Raynham, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:21st-century American women lawyers]]
[[Category:Massachusetts lawyers]]
[[Category:Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign]]
[[Category:Obama administration personnel]]
| |||