Adam P. Frankel is an advi­sor to Emer­son Col­lec­tive, a social change orga­ni­za­tion. He was a speech­writer for Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma from the 2008 pres­i­den­tial cam­paign through Obama’s first term in the White House. Frankel is a grad­u­ate of Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty and the Lon­don School of Eco­nom­ics, where he was a Ful­bright Schol­ar. He lives in New York City.