Michelle Giuda

Michelle Giuda
Official portrait of Giuda in 2024
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Acting
In office
February 12, 2019 – March 3, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byHeather Nauert (Acting)
Succeeded byUlrich Brechbuhl (Acting)
1st Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs
In office
May 28, 2019 – March 3, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byAaron Ringel
30th Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
In office
February 3, 2018 – May 28, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn Kirby
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Personal details
Born
Michelle Mai Selesky

(1985-02-18) February 18, 1985 (age 39)
San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
George Washington University (MPS)

Michelle Selesky Giuda (born Michelle Mai Selesky; February 18, 1985)[1] is an American businessperson and former government official.

As of 2021, she serves on the advisory board for USAGM and the current CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. She was Executive Vice President of Geopolitical Strategy and Risk at the Weber Shandwick public affairs firm.[2] She has served as United States Assistant Secretary of State and acting Under Secretary of State, where she led the largest restructuring of the U.S. State Department in 20 years.[3] She is an NCAA gymnastics champion.

  1. ^ "Michelle Selesky". UCLA. 2007. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Bradley, Diana (March 18, 2020). "Michelle Giuda rejoins Weber Shandwick as EVP of geopolitical strategy, risk". PRWeek.com.
  3. ^ Morello, Carol (April 12, 2019). "State Department to take a step into the digital age in effort to counter disinformation". The Washington Post.