Michelle S. Giuda is the CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University, an organization dedicated to accelerating the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. Previously, Giuda was Executive Vice President of Geopolitical Strategy & Risk at global communications firm Weber Shandwick, counseling clients on how to prepare for and address the impact of geopolitical issues on their businesses and reputations.

Prior to this role, Giuda served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs and held the authorities of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In this position, she led and executed the largest restructuring at the State Department in twenty years to modernize the Department’s global public affairs and public diplomacy operations. In this capacity, she also served as a Board Member of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

Giuda is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and a Senior Advisor to Concordia. In 2022, she was named to the Ad Age 40 Under 40 List, PRovoke Media’s Innovator 25 List, and was honored in 2016 with the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award by the Asian American Business Development Center. She received a Master’s Degree in Political Management from George Washington University and a BA in Political Science from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was an NCAA team champion and team captain of the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team.

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