| Hari Sevugan | |
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| Vice President of Communications, StudentsFirst | |
| In office June 2011 – Current |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 30, 1974 Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
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. In June, 2011, Sevugal left his position with the DNC[2] 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.
Hari was born in India and emigrated to United States with his father. His family hails from Devakottai in Tamil Nadu and his father moved to United States in 1977 in pursuit of higher studies. He majored in political science from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He finished his Doctorate in law from Northwestern University, Chicago. In 2003, he quit law to serve in the political campaign for Dan Hynes against Barack Obama for the Senate seat from Illinois.[3]