Sarah Gruen

Senior Director

At the United Nations, Sarah Gruen learned that diplomacy is 50 percent communication, 49 percent collaboration, and 1 percent caffeination. As Director of Speechwriting for America’s chief diplomat, Sarah honed her expertise in all three.

A Biden-Harris Administration alumna, Sarah shaped foreign policy messaging for Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Biden’s cabinet. During her time in Turtle Bay — and in her travels around the world — Sarah crafted high-profile speeches on everything from food insecurity to climate change, refugee justice to human rights.

At West Wing Writers, Sarah has written for Fortune 500 CEOs, EGOT winners, and visionary leaders in government, technology, and philanthropy. Her words — on topics ranging from diversity, inclusion, and equity, to ethical technology, to the future of higher education — have been read in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Marie Claire, and have been heard at college commencements, global conferences, and major political events.
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Sarah also leads WWW’s humor practice. In addition to co-hosting “SpeakEasy,” WWW’s evening of speechwriting comedy, she has penned jokes, toasts, and roasts for everyone from former presidents to future ones — as well as for The New Yorker, the New York Times, and McSweeney’s under her own name.
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Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with degrees in political science and English. A proud New Yorker and avid baker, Sarah has learned to make the most out of her Brooklyn-sized kitchen: her wedding cakes have been featured in Vogue; her cookies, at West Wing Writers staff lunches.