Sam Koppelman

Sam Hunter Koppelman is an American entrepreneur, author, speechwriter, and journalist. He is the co-founder of Mayday Health and Hunterbrook. He graduated from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School before attending Harvard University, where he obtained a degree in government in 2018.

Career After graduating from Harvard, Koppelman wrote speeches for Michael Bloomberg and worked full-time for Fenway Strategies, a communications firm founded by Jon Favreau that Koppelman joined while he was still a student. While at Fenway, Koppelman also co-wrote books with former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and former U.S. solicitor general Neal Katyal including a New York Times bestseller. He worked for Joe Biden's 2020 campaign as a speechwriter. During the COVID-19 pandemic he wrote the newsletter Cooking in Quarantine before founding Mayday Health and Hunterbrook.

Mayday Health After the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, Koppelman founded Mayday Health along with Olivia Raisner and Nathaniel Horwitz, whom he met at The Harvard Crimson. The nonprofit provides information on abortion access in the United States.

Hunterbrook In 2023, Koppelman and Horwitz co-founded Hunterbrook, an investigative journalism outlet and hedge fund.

Personal life Koppelman lives in the East Village.