PERSON: Michelle Giuda

Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy

CEO

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.

Giuda was born Michelle Mai Selesky in San Juan Capistrano, California, on February 18, 1985. Her mother had fled Vietnam days before the Fall of Saigon in April 1975. Her father served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

Giuda graduated from Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo in 2003, then graduated with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. In 2008, Giuda earned a Master of Professional Studies in political management from George Washington University.

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