Hari Sevugan is the former national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee

Democratic National Committee

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. He served as the senior spokesman for the Barack Obama presidential campaign

Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

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. In June, 2011, Sevugal left his position with the DNC to become the Vice President of Communications for StudentsFirst

StudentsFirst

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, an education reform organization founded by Michelle A. Rhee

Michelle Rhee

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, former chancellor of the Washington, D.C.

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 public schools

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Hari was born in India

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 and emigrated to United States

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 with his father. His family hails from Devakottai

Devakottai

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 in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 and his father moved to United States in 1977 in pursuit of higher studies. He majored in political science from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He finished his Doctorate in law from Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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, Chicago. In 2003, he quit law to serve in the political campaign for Dan Hynes against Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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for the Senate seat from Illinois.