Mort Engelberg (August 20, 1937 – December 9, 2023) was an American film producer and later advance man for three presidential campaigns.
He worked as a journalist for several years before moving to Washington in 1961 to work for Sargent Shriver, the director of Peace Corps and later the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program.
[3][4] Engelberg left the political sphere during the Vietnam War and moved to New York City to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1967.
[4] Engelberg returned to politics by working as the advance man for the presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale in 1984, for Michael Dukakis in 1988 and for Bill Clinton in 1992.
[3] Mort Engelberg died at a Los Angeles hospital on December 9, 2023, at the age of 86.