Stephanie Grisham
Stephanie Grisham | |
|---|---|
Grisham in 2019 | |
| Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States | |
| In office April 7, 2020 – January 6, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| First Lady | Melania Trump |
| Preceded by | Lindsay Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón |
| Press Secretary for the First Lady | |
| In office April 7, 2020 – January 6, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| First Lady | Melania Trump |
| Preceded by | Herself (2019) |
| Succeeded by | Michael LaRosa |
| In office March 27, 2017 – July 1, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| First Lady | Melania Trump |
| Preceded by | Joanna Rosholm |
| Succeeded by | Herself (2020) |
| 32nd White House Press Secretary | |
| In office July 1, 2019 – April 7, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Hogan Gidley |
| Preceded by | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| Succeeded by | Kayleigh McEnany |
| White House Communications Director | |
| In office July 1, 2019 – April 7, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Bill Shine |
| Succeeded by | Kate Bedingfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephanie Ann Sommerville July 23, 1976 Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Dan Marries
(m. 1997; div. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Colorado Mesa University (no degree) |
Stephanie Ann Grisham (née Sommerville; born July 23, 1976) is an American former White House official who was the 32nd White House press secretary and served as White House communications director from July 2019 to April 2020. She was chief of staff and press secretary for the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, from 2020 to 2021, after previously serving as her press secretary from 2017 to 2019.
Grisham was a press aide to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and then a member of the presidential transition team. She was Trump's third White House press secretary, succeeding Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and was the first White House press secretary to hold no press conferences, instead opting for interviews on conservative news outlets. Grisham assumed the role of chief of staff to the first lady on April 7, 2020.
She resigned on January 6, 2021, in the hours immediately after the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. In September 2021, she announced the publication of her book about her time working in the Trump administration, I'll Take Your Questions Now.