Josh Gottheimer is Executive Vice President, Worldwide at Burson-Marsteller and is Global Chair of Burson's Corporate and Public Affairs Practices. Josh was Director of Strategic Communications at Ford Motor Company. Between 1998 to 2001, Josh served as Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Speechwriter to President Bill Clinton. After leaving the White House, Josh was a Senior Advisor to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. In the 2004 presidential race, Josh served as Deputy Director of Speechwriting and Senior Policy Advisor to the John Kerry for President Campaign, and was previously Deputy Director of Communications & Chief Speechwriter in General Wesley Clark's bid for the Democratic nomination. Josh is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School and was a Thouron Fellow at Oxford.