Karenna Gore Schiff

Karenna Gore Schiff
Born	Karenna Aitcheson Gore (1973-08-06) August 6, 1973 Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation	Author, journalist, attorney, non-profit administrator
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University Columbia Law School Union Theological Seminary
Notable works	Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Shaped Modern America
Spouse	Andrew Newman Schiff (1997–2010, separated)
Children	Wyatt Gore Schiff Anna Hunger Schiff Oscar Aitcheson Schiff

Karenna Aitcheson Gore Schiff (born August 6, 1973) is an American author, journalist, and attorney. She is the eldest daughter of former Vice President of United States Al Gore and Tipper Gore and the sister of Kristin Gore. Gore is the director of Union Forum at Union Theological Seminary.

Background

Gore was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up there as well as in Washington D.C.. She graduated from National Cathedral School in 1991. She received her B.A. in history and literature in 1995 from Harvard University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2000, and a Master of Arts degree from Union Theological Seminary in 2013. During college, she interned as a journalist for WREG-TV and The Times-Picayune. She later wrote for El Pais in Spain and Slate in Seattle. After law school, she was briefly an associate with the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. She later left law to work in the non-profit sector, first as Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), then in the legal center of Sanctuary for Families.

2000 campaign and book

Gore Schiff was the Youth Outreach Chair on her father's 2000 presidential campaign. Together with her father's former Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones, she officially nominated Gore as the presidential candidate during the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. She also introduced her father during the launching of his campaign.

In 2006, she published Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Shaped Modern America, a profile of nine modern and historical American women. Stating that the book was written in reaction to the results of the 2000 campaign, Gore Schiff said, "I wanted to turn all that frustration and sadness into something positive."

Personal life

On July 12, 1997 she married Andrew Newman Schiff, a physician in Washington, D.C., and son of John M. Schiff in an Episcopal ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral. Andrew Schiff works as a biotechnology fund manager. They have three children together: Wyatt Gore Schiff (born July 4, 1999, in New York City), Anna Hunger Schiff, (born August 23, 2001, in New York City), and Oscar Aitcheson Schiff (born in 2006). As of June 9, 2010, she and husband Andrew were separated.

External links

• Karenna Gore Schiff at the Internet Movie Database
• Appearances on C-SPAN