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
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) 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. 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. She is an NCAA gymnastics champion.