Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address. Lance Izumi, senior director of Education, was director of Gov. “Duke” Deukmejian’s speechwriting team and was also a speechwriter for former Attorney General Edwin Meese; Tim Anaya, vice president of marketing and communications, was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speechwriter and also wrote speeches for senior California legislators; and Rowena Itchon, COO, was a speechwriter for Gov. Pete Wilson’s and a researcher in President Reagan’s speechwriting office.
