Princeton University

Gigi Georges is President of The Glover Park Group’s New York office. She has an extensive background in political strategy and education policy within the public and private sectors.

Prior to joining the Glover Park Group, Georges served as Communications Director for the New York City Department of Education, where she was a key strategist in the development of a major reform agenda for the nation’s largest public school system. She previously served as State Director for Senator Hillary Clinton (2001-2002) and as a Special Assistant to the President in the Clinton/Gore Administration, where she coordinated domestic policy issues for the National Economic Council. From 1997 through 1999, Georges served as Assistant to the President for Government Relations at the American Federation of Teachers; from 1989 through 1993, she was Legislative Director for the United Federation of Teachers in New York City.

Georges has also served as Executive Director for the New York State Democratic Committee and held key roles in a number of political campaigns, including Campaign Director for both the 2000 New York Democratic Coordinated Campaign and the 1996 New Jersey Coordinated Campaign. She is co-author and editor of two books: 100 Successful College Application Essays and The Harvard Independent's Insider's Guide to Prep Schools, both published by Penguin Books. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College and received her Master's degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Georges was recently named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in New York” by the New York Post. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Policy Institute for the Region at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. She currently resides in Manhattan.

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