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Juleanna Ruth Glover (born September 27, 1969)[1] is an American corporate public affairs consultant, entrepreneur, former Republican lobbyist, and political strategist.[2][3][4] She is founder and CEO of Ridgely Walsh, a public and governmental affairs agency that advises Silicon Valley companies, including Google, Snap, Oracle, eBay, First Solar, Uber, and SpaceX.[5][6]
Juleanna Glover | |
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Born | September 27, 1969 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Marymount University, George Mason University, Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO of Ridgely Walsh, corporate public affairs consultant, former Republican lobbyist and George W. Bush Administration official, hostess |
Spouse(s) | Jeffrey Weiss (m. 19??; div. 2009) |
Children | 4 |
As a lobbyist, Glover is widely considered one of the most powerful women in Washington.[7][8] A former spokesperson for James Murdoch and an advisor to Elon Musk,[9][10] she was called the "mogul whisperer" by The New York Times.[11]
Glover received her B.A. from Marymount University in 1991 and M.P.A. from George Mason University in 1993.[1][3] Glover also studied at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.[12]
Glover started working for Senator John Ashcroft (R-Missouri) in 1996 when he was a freshman senator and helped him explore a bid for the 2000 presidential election.[3] Ashcroft chose not to run for president, so Glover became press secretary for businessman Steve Forbes, whose campaign ended before the Republican Party convention.[3]
Glover also worked for Bill Kristol, Vice President Dan Quayle, former Senator and Energy Secretary Spence Abraham, and conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.[12][7] Glover worked in the Jesse Helms for North Carolina campaign and the Rudolph W. Giuliani U.S. Senate exploratory committee, where she worked in the months following her first child's birth.[13][3]
Glover also worked as the Publicity Director for The Weekly Standard; and as legislative director for the Project for the Republican Future.[14]
Ms. Glover served as senior staff for President George W. Bush and as Press Secretary for Vice President Dick Cheney.[3] Glover also served as the registered government affairs advisor for Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie.[12] She is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[12]
After leaving the White House, Glover was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics in 2002[14] and has lectured on the future of the Republican Party at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.[15]
Glover has worked as a public affairs consultant since leaving the White House in 2002.[3] Glover was a Director at Clark & Weinstock, one of the top public and government affairs firms in the country. She then co-founded the Ashcroft Group, LLC along with former U.S. Attorney General, John Ashcroft.[16][12]
In 2007, Glover was a senior advisor in Senator John McCain's 2008 bid for the White House, traveling with him throughout the primary season.[13]
In 2015 and 2021, Washingtonian magazine listed Glover as one of Washington's most powerful women,[17][18] as did Elle in 2012.[19] In 2011, The New York Times described Glover as the "consummate political insider", and in 2012, Bloomberg News described in her profile: "[S]he brings Washington power players together in a way others can’t match. If you’re looking for the right introduction in D.C., you need to know Juleanna Glover."[20]
In 2013, Glover was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage via the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[21] Also that year, Ms. Glover became Managing Director of Teneo Intelligence. In accordance with Teneo's policy of not engaging in lobbying activity, Glover fully deregistered as a lobbyist prior to joining.[13]
In early 2015, Glover transitioned to a senior advisor at Teneo Holdings and began work at her new firm, The Office of Juleanna Glover, with a full transition in January 2016.[1][2]
In May 2018, leaked notes written by Paul Manafort indicated that Glover had been mentioned at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.[22]
In 2018, she founded Ridgely Walsh, a public affairs firm in DC.[1] The firm is known to advise some of the most important technology companies in the world.[5] After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it started providing pro bono PR assistance for Ukraine as well.[23] The firm's senior director and Ukrainian national Veronika Velch (V. Kruglashova)[24][25] worked to connect members of the media with Ukrainian citizens and government officials.[26] "We’re honored to support our longtime Ukrainian colleague in her volunteer work to help her country," Glover told Politico on the matter.[26]
Glover serves on the board of directors for several organizations, including: FREOPP,[5] Take Back Our Republic group to reduce the political influence of big donors,[27][28] the Climate Leadership Council,[29] and Biden Institute.[30] She also serves on the Membership Committee for The Economic Club of Washington, DC.[31]
Glover is a regular public policy commentator[32] on cable news shows, including Squawk Box on CNBC, Fox & Friends on Fox News, and Martin Bashir on MSNBC. Her opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times,[33] The Wall Street Journal,[34][35][36] The Washington Post,[37] Politico,[38] Forbes,[39] and The National Review,[40] among others.
Glover has four children.[7] Formerly married to Jeffrey Weiss,[41] she was divorced in 2009.[42]
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