On being in "The Room Where It Happens" with MHC Alum Ann O'Leary

Do you remember where you were that fateful night in November 2016? Well our guest Ann O’Leary most definitely does as she was with Secretary Hillary Clinton in New York.

In this episode of Conversations with Seven Sisters, Jen is honored to be joined by distinguished Mount Holyoke College Alum Ann O’Leary. Ann is an attorney and American political advisor, attorney, and nonprofit leader.

Ann O’Leary is originally from the state of Maine and pursued her dreams of attending Mount Holyoke College where she enjoyed canoeing and running around farm land. We get to hear about her journey from South Hadley to Washington, D.C. to San Francisco as she works towards equality for women and families. Ann shares how she sees the upcoming election and how we can fight for our democracy against threats.

Ann served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Prior to joining the Governor’s office, O’Leary was a law partner at Boies Schiller Flexner. She served as Senior Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and Co-Executive Director of the Clinton-Kaine Transition Project. She was a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco; Executive Director of UC Berkeley Law’s Center on Health, Economic and Family Security and lecturer-in-law at UC Berkeley Law; legislative director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; and a policy advisor with the White House Domestic Policy Council under President William Jefferson Clinton.

O’Leary holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, a M.A. in Education Policy from Stanford University, and a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law.

More about Ann O’Leary: https://www.jenner.com/en/people/ann-o-leary

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