| Joanna Rosholm | |
| Office: | Press Secretary for the First Lady |
| President: | Barack Obama |
| Leader: | Michelle Obama |
| Term Start: | January 6, 2014[1] |
| Term End: | January 20, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Hannah August |
| Successor: | Stephanie Grisham |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Chapman University (BA) Georgetown University (MA) |
| Birth Place: | Tustin, California, U.S. |
Joanna Rosholm is the former Press Secretary and Deputy Communications Director for the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.[2] [3]
The day after Rosholm was born, her mother died of Ehlers–Danlos syndromes. She grew up in Tustin, California and attended high school at Foothill High School.[4] After high school, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Chapman University and a Master of Arts in Communications from Georgetown University.[5] [6]
After graduating from Georgetown, Rosholm joined the Democratic National Committee as assistant press secretary. In 2010, she became a regional communications director at the White House.
In January 2014, she replaced Hannah August as Press Secretary to First Lady Michelle Obama, serving until the end of the Obama Administration. She was succeeded by Stephanie Grisham.[7] [8]