Joanna Rosholm
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joanna Rosholm
| image = MichelleObama_JoannaRosholm_May2015.jpg
| office = Press Secretary for the First Lady
| president = Barack Obama
| leader = Michelle Obama
| alongside =
| term_start = January 6, 2014{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/192808-michelle-obama-gets-new-press-secretary/|title=Michelle Obama gets new press secretary|last=Goodin|first=Emily|date=11 December 2013|work=The Hill|access-date=1 November 2016}}
| 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 First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2013/12/michelle-obama-gets-a-new-press-secretary-179396|title=Michelle Obama gets a new press secretary|last=Epstein|first=Jennifer|date=11 December 2013|publisher=POLITICO|accessdate=1 November 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.com/13501355/michelle-obama-december-cover-interview-first-lady-white-house-departure/|title=Michelle Obama: A Candid Conversation With America's Champion and Mother in Chief|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|date=11 November 2016|publisher=Vogue|accessdate=1 November 2016}}
Early life and education
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/11/12/from-tustin-to-the-white-house-via-west-wing/|title=From Tustin to the White House, via 'West Wing'|date=2013-11-12|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}} After high school, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in communications from Chapman University and a Master of Arts in communications from Georgetown University.{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/says-536408-rosholm-white.html|title=From Tustin to the White House, via 'West Wing'|last=Fleming|first=Matthew|date=12 November 2013|publisher=The Orange County Register|accessdate=1 November 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.chapman.edu/2016/09/26/inside-view-from-the-white-house/|title=Inside view from the White House|last=Bonker|first=Dawn|date=2016-09-26|website=Chapman Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Career
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-press-secretary-claims-departing-obama-aides-left-nasty-n1085601|title=Trump press secretary claims departing Obama aides left nasty notes|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://politi.co/2zGUVTC|title=Latest on POLITICO|website=POLITICO|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}
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