Michelle Giuda

Michelle Giuda is CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, the preeminent global authority on the emerging field of Tech Diplomacy.

Previously, Giuda served as Executive Vice President of Geopolitical Strategy & Risk at global communications firm Weber Shandwick. From 2018 to 2020, she served as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, following her appointment by President Donald Trump. In 2019, she was also delegated the authorities of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. That year, Giuda led the largest restructuring of the U.S. Department of State in two decades, establishing the Bureau of Global Public Affairs and modernising the Department’s global public affairs and public diplomacy operations.

Before her government service, Giuda was a Senior Vice President at Weber Shandwick and served as Deputy Press Secretary to former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. In 2023, Giuda was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate to serve on the International Broadcast Advisory Board of the US Agency for Global Media. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), Senior Advisor to Concordia, and an Advisory Board member of the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC).

Giuda has been recognised for her leadership and influence across government, business, communications, and public policy. In 2022, she was named to Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 and PRovoke Media’s Innovator 25 lists. In 2016, she received the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award from the Asian American Business Development Center.

Giuda holds a master’s degree in Political Management from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UCLA, where she was an NCAA Champion and team captain of the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team.