--- title: Adam Frankel | TIME description: Adam Frankel is VP, External Affairs at Andela. Previously, he was Special Assistant and Senior Speechwriter to President Barack Obama. canonical: https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Adam Frankel ## Adam Frankel _Adam Frankel is VP, External Affairs at_ [_Andela_](http://www.andela.co/)_. Previously, he was Special Assistant and Senior Speechwriter to President Barack Obama._ ## Adam Frankel *  Nov 21, 2016 ### [We Should Look to This New Frontiersman for Hope](https://time.com/4578551/newton-minow-new-frontiersman/) Newton Minow exemplifies unity, conscience and courage [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 4, 2015 ### [How Tech Entrepreneurs Are Overcoming Washington’s Dysfunction](https://time.com/3842595/how-tech-entrepreneurs-are-overcoming-washingtons-dysfunction/) Move aside, politicians [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 12, 2015 ### [6 Tips for Writing a Persuasive Speech (On Any Topic)](https://time.com/3664739/6-tips-for-writing-a-persuasive-speech-on-any-topic/) Obama's former speechwriter shares tricks of the trade [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/","name":"Adam Frankel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/"},"name":"Adam Frankel","jobTitle":null,"description":"Adam Frankel is VP, External Affairs at Andela. Previously, he was Special Assistant and Senior Speechwriter to President Barack Obama.","url":"https://time.com/author/adam-frankel/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```