Alyssa Farah Griffin

Alyssa Farah Griffin
Official portrait, 2019
3rd White House Director of Strategic Communications
In office
April 7, 2020 – December 4, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMercedes Schlapp
Succeeded byPosition eliminated (2021)
Press Secretary of the Department of Defense
In office
September 2019 – April 7, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byDana White
Succeeded byJohn Kirby
Press Secretary to the Vice President
In office
October 2017 – September 2019
Vice PresidentMike Pence
Preceded byMarc Lotter
Succeeded byKatie Waldman
Personal details
Born
Alyssa Farah

(1989-06-15) June 15, 1989 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Justin Griffin
(m. 2021)
Parent
EducationPatrick Henry College (BA)

Alyssa Farah Griffin (/ˈfɛrə/ FAIR;[1] born June 15, 1989) is an American political strategist and television personality. She was the White House director of strategic communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump. In addition to appearing on CNN as a commentator, she is a co-host of the talk show The View, for which she received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Griffin was press secretary for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and special assistant to President Donald Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she was appointed the youngest press secretary of The Pentagon in history.[2] She served as deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs and the press secretary for the United States Department of Defense from 2019 to 2020.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Griffin says her own name while posing a question to Adam Schiff on the July 24, 2024 episode of The View.
  2. ^ Parker, Ashley (December 3, 2020). "Farah resigns as White House communications director in tacit nod to Trump's loss". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Collins, Kaitlan (August 14, 2019). "Alyssa Farah, Pence press secretary, expected to move to Pentagon". cnn.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Alyssa Farah > U.S. Department of Defense > Biography". defense.gov.
  5. ^ "Top Pence aide to become Pentagon press secretary". msn.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.