Before going to the White House, Pink served two years as speechwriter and special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich. He has also written widely on politics, technology, pop culture, and the new economy. In addition to Fast Company, his articles and essays have appeared in several national newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Washington Monthly, and George. Pink received a BA, with honors in linguistics, from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Pink lives in the American University section of Washington, DC with his wife, Jessica Lerner, a U.S. Justice Department trial lawyer, and their daughter, Sophie.
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