A Mayor’s Wordsmith
2010s, Middlebury College, Language Schools, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience, Politics & Government
12/11/2025
The Guardian profiled Julian Gerson ’18, the speechwriter for New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and how Gerson constructed the victory speech on election night. Mamdani also has a Middlebury connection as a 2012 attendee of the School of Arabic.