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On April 26, 2018 the Silicon Valley Speechwriters Roundtable Held a conference call with Felicity Barber. Felicity is the Executive Speechwriter at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is a communications expert specializing in thought leadership, storytelling and speechwriting. Prior to joining the Fed she ran her own business, Thoughtful Speech for three years. She moved to San Francisco from London in 2014 where she was a speechwriter at the global insurer, Lloyd’s of London. She has also worked as a Policy Advisor to the Home Office in London and as a Parliamentary Assistant to the Labour Party member for Islington South and Finsbury, Emily Thornberry MP. The call covered a wide range of topics including: The focus of the book Felicity wrote that was presented to the Queen (and Her Majesty read). The origin of the term 'underwriter' (as in the Insurance industry, not someone who is a junior speechwriter...) How Felicity broke into the speechwriting business in London. A comparison b