https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Grisham

Stephanie Grisham
White House Press Secretary - Incumbent
Assumed office June 25th, 2019
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Sarah Sanders
Political party: Republican

Stephanie Grisham is the White House Press Secretary and was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team.

Career
Grisham was the proprietor of Sound Bite Public Relations, LLC of Gilbert, Arizona.

In 2007, Grisham was the spokeswoman for AAA Arizona. Later, she was the spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne[4] then for Arizona House of Representatives Republican caucus, and then Arizona House Speaker David Gowan.

In 2012, Grisham worked for Mitt Romney's campaign.

In 2014, Grisham, then a spokeswoman for the Arizona attorney general's office, witnessed the execution of Joseph Wood.

In 2015, Grisham, as an independent contractor, coordinated press for Pope Francis's visit to Philadelphia. Later in 2015, she served as a press aide to the Trump campaign. According to the Arizona Capitol Times, Grisham first took a long-term, unpaid leave from the Arizona House of Representatives to work on Trump’s campaign. Arizona House Speaker David Gowan paid her $19,000 in state salary over an 8-week period while she was serving as a member of the Trump transition team.

After Trump's victory, in 2017, Grisham was named Deputy Press Secretary for Sean Spicer in the West Wing of the White House.

"Grisham was one of Trump's early Arizona staffers. She helped arrange his campaign stops in Phoenix and around the state and region throughout the primary, a role that quickly expanded to include his rallies around the U.S.. After his victory, Grisham was named a special adviser for operations and has been serving on Trump's transition team."

In March 2017, Melania Trump moved her over to the East Wing. A former White House colleague of Donald Trump's stated that Trump was remorseful at losing Grisham to Melania Trump's office, due to Grisham's prior loyalty and skill at handling the press while acting as his traveling press secretary. During that time, she built relationships with many reporters at events. Despite losing Grisham as part of his own staff, Trump said he was satisfied that his wife would "be in good hands". Grisham was described by several sources that had worked with her previously as being "highly competent" and "self-aware", and believed she enjoyed "trolling the press" via speculative statements that were released.

The United States Office of Special Counsel stated that Grisham violated the Hatch Act of 1939 following a complaint by Senator Tom Carper. Grisham was accused of using her official Twitter account on July 11, 2018 to tweet out Trump's campaign slogan. Violation of the act is not a crime, but a workplace guideline, and the agency responded by sending Grisham a warning letter.

On June 14, 2019, Grisham's name was mentioned as a possible replacement for Sarah Sanders as White House Press Secretary. She was formally announced as the next White House Press Secretary and White House Communications Director by First Lady of the United States Melania Trump via Twitter on June 25, 2019.

Personal life
Grisham is a single mother of two children. Her older son graduated high school as of May 2017.