Juleanna Glover
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{{Short description|American political consultant and lobbyist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Juleanna Glover
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|09|27}}
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Marymount University,
George Mason University,
Johns Hopkins University
| occupation = Founder and CEO of Ridgely Walsh, corporate public affairs consultant, former Republican lobbyist and George W. Bush Administration official, hostess
| spouse = Jeffrey Weiss
({{abbr|m.|married}} 19??; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 2009)
| children = 4
}}
Juleanna Ruth Glover (born September 27, 1969) is an American corporate public affairs consultant, entrepreneur, former Republican lobbyist, and political strategist.{{Cite web|title = ABOUT|url = http://www.juleannaglover.com/about|website = www.juleannaglover.com|accessdate = May 29, 2015|archive-date = May 29, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150529022655/http://www.juleannaglover.com/about|url-status = live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/style/the-days-and-nights-of-juleanna-weiss.html|title=The Days and Nights of Juleanna Weiss|last=Lee|first=Jennifer|date=June 13, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 20, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020014506/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/style/the-days-and-nights-of-juleanna-weiss.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/lobbying/search?commit=Search&search=juleanna+glover&utf8=%E2%9C%93|title=Represent|last=Willis|first=Derek|website=ProPublica|date=August 12, 2015 |language=en|access-date=January 10, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web |last=FREOPP |date=February 13, 2019 |title=The FREOPP Brain Trust: Juleanna Glover |url=https://freopp.org/the-freopp-brain-trust-juleanna-glover-97e8e25a6bd9 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=Medium |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lobbying Spending Database Weiss, Juleanna Glover, a {{!}} OpenSecrets |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?id=Y0000041429L&year=a |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=www.opensecrets.org}}
As a lobbyist, Glover is widely considered one of the most powerful women in Washington.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/13/juleanna-glover-says-its-natural-for-conservative-women-to-oppose-trump/|title=Juleanna Glover says it's natural for conservative women to oppose Trump|last=Viebeck|first=Elise|date=September 13, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020014507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/13/juleanna-glover-says-its-natural-for-conservative-women-to-oppose-trump/|archive-date=October 20, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019}}{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2019 |title=The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington* |url=https://www.gq.com/story/50-most-powerful-in-trump-dc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115091452/https://www.gq.com/story/50-most-powerful-in-trump-dc |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |website=GQ |language=en }} A former spokesperson for James Murdoch and an advisor to Elon Musk,{{Cite web |last=Maass |first=Peter |date=June 29, 2019 |title=How James Murdoch Uses Philanthropy to Distance Himself From the Taint of Fox News |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/06/29/james-rupert-murdoch-philanthropy-fox-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113231711/https://theintercept.com/2019/06/29/james-rupert-murdoch-philanthropy-fox-news/ |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |website=The Intercept |language=en }}{{Cite web |last=Hull |first=Dana |date=October 8, 2019 |title=Musk's top advisors urged Twitter break after cave diver attack |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/elon-musk-twitter-break-cave-diver-attack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113090903/https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-08/elon-musk-twitter-break-cave-diver-attack |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US }} she was called the "mogul whisperer" by The New York Times.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/style/washington-dc-social-elite.html|title=D.C. Parties Are Popping, Even Without Biden|last=McCreesh|first=Shawn|date=June 22, 2021|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702205400/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/style/washington-dc-social-elite.html|url-status=live}}
Early career
Glover received her B.A. from Marymount University in 1991 and M.P.A. from George Mason University in 1993. Glover also studied at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/new/Bios.php?bio=JW|title=Juleanna Glover Weiss - Senior Advisor|website=The Ashcroft Group, LCC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302202012/https://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/new/Bios.php?bio=JW|archive-date=March 2, 2007|url-status=dead|postscript=. (Select all to view the archieved text).}}
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. Ashcroft chose not to run for president, so Glover became press secretary for businessman Steve Forbes, whose campaign ended before the Republican Party convention.
Glover also worked for Bill Kristol, Vice President Dan Quayle, former Senator and Energy Secretary Spence Abraham, and conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/click/focus/juleanna_glover.html|title=The premier destination for news and gossip on D.C.'s social scene - POLITICO CLICK|last=CLICK|first=POLITICO|website=www.politico.com|date=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202204/http://www.politico.com/click/focus/juleanna_glover.html|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=unfit}}
Glover also worked as the Publicity Director for The Weekly Standard; and as legislative director for the Project for the Republican Future.
White House service
Ms. Glover served as senior staff for President George W. Bush and as Press Secretary for Vice President Dick Cheney. Glover also served as the registered government affairs advisor for Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie. She is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
After leaving the White House, Glover was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics in 2002{{Cite web|title=Juleanna Glover Weiss|url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/juleanna-glover-weiss|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=The Institute of Politics at Harvard University|language=en|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113034655/https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/juleanna-glover-weiss|url-status=live}} and has lectured on the future of the Republican Party at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.{{Cite web|title=Nassau notes - 10/22/2007 - Princeton Weekly Bulletin|url=https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/07/1022/nn/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=pr.princeton.edu|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113004444/https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/07/1022/nn/|url-status=live}}
Private sector
Glover has worked as a public affairs consultant since leaving the White House in 2002. Glover was a Director at Clark & Weinstock, one of the top public and government affairs firms in the country. She then co-founded [http://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/ the Ashcroft Group, LLC] along with former U.S. Attorney General, John Ashcroft.{{Cite web |title=Revolving Door: Juleanna Glover Weiss Employment Summary {{!}} OpenSecrets|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=23354|access-date=January 27, 2023|website=www.opensecrets.org}}
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.
In 2015 and 2021, Washingtonian magazine listed Glover as one of Washington's most powerful women,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/11/12/the-most-powerful-women-in-washington-dc/|title=The Most Powerful Women in Washington|last=Milk|first=Leslie|date=November 12, 2015|website=Washingtonian|access-date=June 8, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625165656/https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/11/12/the-most-powerful-women-in-washington-dc/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/10/13/washingtons-most-powerful-women-2021/|title=Washington's Most Powerful Women 2021|last1=Recker|first1=Jane|last2=Washingtonian Staff|date=October 13, 2021|website=Washingtonian|access-date=October 19, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019020221/https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/10/13/washingtons-most-powerful-women-2021/|url-status=live}} as did Elle in 2012.{{Cite web|title = ELLE Women in DC 2012| date=March 19, 2012 |url = http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a11905/capital-dames-10-powerful-women-in-dc-653017/|accessdate = May 29, 2015|archive-date = May 30, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530031623/http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a11905/capital-dames-10-powerful-women-in-dc-653017/|url-status = live}} 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."{{Cite web|title = Pfizer Employees Back Gillibrand; Juleanna Glover: Video|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/video/pfizer-employees-back-gillibrand-juleanna-glover-ZdXPNOWJSUqYhQEG4Eqf4w.html/|website = Bloomberg|accessdate = May 29, 2015|date = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150609060323/http://www.bloomberg.com/video/pfizer-employees-back-gillibrand-juleanna-glover-ZdXPNOWJSUqYhQEG4Eqf4w.html/|archive-date = June 9, 2015|url-status = dead}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/28/the-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief|title=The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief|first=John|last=Avlon|newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=February 28, 2013|publisher=|via=www.thedailybeast.com|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127083206/https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/28/the-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief|url-status=live}} 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.
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.{{Cite web|title=Juleanna Glover - Ridgely Walsh LLC (April 2018-), Founder/CEO - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/116412/Juleanna_Ruth_Glover.html|website=www.legistorm.com|access-date=January 27, 2023}}
In May 2018, leaked notes written by Paul Manafort indicated that Glover had been mentioned at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-trump-tower-meeting-manafort-russia-416568a8-d64a-4f47-95ac-4ffa631c4330.html|title=Go deeper: 5 key revelations about the Trump Tower meeting|website=Axios|date=May 16, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517011637/https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-trump-tower-meeting-manafort-russia-416568a8-d64a-4f47-95ac-4ffa631c4330.html|url-status=live}}
In 2018, she founded Ridgely Walsh, a public affairs firm in DC. The firm is known to advise some of the most important technology companies in the world. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it started providing pro bono PR assistance for Ukraine as well.{{Cite web|title=Ridgely Walsh Volunteers for Ukraine|url=https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/18214/2022-07-18/ridgely-walsh-volunteers-for-ukraine.html|website=O'Dwyers PR|access-date=January 27, 2023}} The firm's senior director and Ukrainian national Veronika Velch (V. Kruglashova){{Cite web|title=Veronika Velch - Ridgely Walsh LLC (Feb. 2018-), Senior Advocacy Director - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/433826/Veronika_Kruglashova_Velch.html|website=www.legistorm.com|accessdate=2023-02-12|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7137-Registration-Statement-20220711-1.pdf|title=Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended|website=U.S. Department of Justice}} worked to connect members of the media with Ukrainian citizens and government officials.{{Cite web|title=Walden will lobby for Fox and Disney on privacy bill|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2022/07/13/walden-will-lobby-for-fox-and-disney-on-privacy-bill-00045675|website=POLITICO|accessdate=2023-01-27|language=en|first=Caitlin|last=Oprysko}} "We’re honored to support our longtime Ukrainian colleague in her volunteer work to help her country," Glover told Politico on the matter.
Glover serves on the board of directors for several organizations, including: [https://freopp.org/ FREOPP], Take Back Our Republic group to reduce the political influence of big donors,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Juleanna Glover - Take Back Our Republic|url=https://takeback.org/juleanna-glover/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113055534/https://takeback.org/juleanna-glover/|archive-date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=Take Back Our Republic|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-conservative-group-aims-to-build-gop-support-for-reducing-influence-of-big-donors/2015/01/13/3fc5e0b8-9b3f-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html|title=New conservative group aims to build GOP support for reducing influence of big donors|last=Gold|first=Matea|date=January 13, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 26, 2023}} the Climate Leadership Council,{{Cite web|title=Juleanna Glover|url=https://clcouncil.org/juleanna-glover/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=Climate Leadership Council|language=en-US|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113110205/https://clcouncil.org/juleanna-glover/|url-status=live}} and Biden Institute.{{Cite web|title=Vice President Biden announces Biden Institute Policy Advisory Board|url=https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/news/Pages/Vice-President-Biden-announces-Biden-Institute-Policy-Advisory-Board.aspx|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=www.bidenschool.udel.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113173243/https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/news/Pages/Vice-President-Biden-announces-Biden-Institute-Policy-Advisory-Board.aspx|url-status=live}} She also serves on the Membership Committee for The Economic Club of Washington, DC.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uijODwAAQBAJ&dq=%22juleanna+glover%22+%22economic+club%22&pg=PA398|title=How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers|last=Rubenstein|first=David M.|date=2020-09-01|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-9821-3218-7}}
Glover is a regular public policy commentator{{Cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2012/10/presidential-debate-what-not-to-do.html|title=Video: Presidential debate: What not to do|last=|first=|website=POLITICO|accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=May 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502043828/http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2012/10/presidential-debate-what-not-to-do.html|url-status=live}} 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,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/opinion/republicans-must-support-public-financing-for-contraception.html|title=Republicans Must Support Public Financing for Contraception|last=Glover|first=Juleanna|date=December 27, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 29, 2015|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110075737/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/opinion/republicans-must-support-public-financing-for-contraception.html|url-status=live}} The Wall Street Journal,{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/02/26/jeb-bush-and-common-core-misconceptions/|title=Jeb Bush and Common Core Misconceptions|date=February 26, 2015|website=WSJ Blogs - Washington Wire|accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530032949/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/02/26/jeb-bush-and-common-core-misconceptions/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/07/how-the-gop-could-counter-hillary-clinton-on-immigration/|title=How the GOP Could Counter Hillary Clinton on Immigration|date=May 7, 2015|website=WSJ Blogs - Washington Wire|accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530031814/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/07/how-the-gop-could-counter-hillary-clinton-on-immigration/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/01/what-if-hillary-clinton-or-donald-trumps-campaign-is-hacked-just-to-sow-disruption/|title=What If Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump's Campaign Is Hacked–Just to Sow Disruption?|last=Glover|first=Juleanna|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=February 10, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208165323/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/01/what-if-hillary-clinton-or-donald-trumps-campaign-is-hacked-just-to-sow-disruption/|url-status=live}} The Washington Post,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rein-in-pay-to-play-politics-on-capitol-hill/2014/08/21/b8ac22f4-1db7-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html|title=Rein in pay-to-play politics on Capitol Hill|last=Glover|first=Juleanna|date=August 21, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 29, 2015|language=en|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093908/http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rein-in-pay-to-play-politics-on-capitol-hill/2014/08/21/b8ac22f4-1db7-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html|url-status=live}} Politico,{{Cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/magnitsky-list-powerful-if-not-perfect-90273.html|title=Opinion: 'Magnitsky List': Powerful, if not perfect - Juleanna Glover|last=Glover|first=Juleanna|website=Politico |accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008220932/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/magnitsky-list-powerful-if-not-perfect-90273.html|url-status=live}} Forbes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/04/12/how-republicans-can-win-working-women-in-2014/|title=How Republicans Can Win Working Women In 2014|last=Flows|first=Capital|website=Forbes |accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924182253/http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/04/12/how-republicans-can-win-working-women-in-2014/|url-status=live}} and The National Review,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/385573/kurdish-state-soon-juleanna-glover|title=A Kurdish State, Soon|website=National Review |date=August 18, 2014 |accessdate=May 29, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224215308/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/385573/kurdish-state-soon-juleanna-glover|url-status=live}} among others.
Personal life
Glover has four children. Formerly married to Jeffrey Weiss,{{Cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/08/love_etc_70.html|title=Lovebirds No Longer|last=Reliable|first=Sources|date=August 6, 2009|newspaper=Washington Post|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220175356/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/08/love_etc_70.html|archive-date=February 20, 2013|access-date=October 19, 2019}} she was divorced in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/tony-podesta-heather-podesta-106512.html|title=When power couples melt down|last=Palmer|first=Anna|website=POLITICO|language=en|access-date=October 20, 2019|archive-date=May 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503213528/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/tony-podesta-heather-podesta-106512.html|url-status=live}}
She endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.{{#invoke:cite web || last=Garrison | first=Joey | title=More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris, hit Trump | website=USA TODAY | date=August 26, 2024 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/26/bush-mccain-romney-trump-harris-2024/74947380007/ | access-date=September 10, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/fashion/13WEIS.html New York Times feature on Ms. Glover]
- [http://leanin.org/stories/juleanna-glover/ Lean In feature on Ms. Glover]
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