Alyssa Farah Griffin

Alyssa Farah Griffin
Official portrait, 2019
3rd White House Director of Strategic Communications
In office April 7, 2020 – December 4, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mercedes Schlapp
Succeeded by	Position eliminated (2021)
Press Secretary of the Department of Defense
In office September 2019 – April 7, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Dana White
Succeeded by	John Kirby
Press Secretary to the Vice President
In office October 2017 – September 2019
Vice President	Mike Pence
Preceded by	Marc Lotter
Succeeded by	Katie Waldman
Personal details
Born	Alyssa Farah (1989-06-15) June 15, 1989 (age 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Justin Griffin ​ (m. 2021)​
Parent	Joseph Farah (father)
Education	Patrick Henry College (BA)

Alyssa Farah Griffin (/ˈfɛrə/ FAIR-ə;^[1] born June 15, 1989) is an American political strategist and television personality. She was the White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump. In addition to appearing on CNN as a commentator, she is a co-host of the talk show The View, for which she received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Griffin was press secretary for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Special Assistant to President Donald Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she was appointed the youngest press secretary of The Pentagon in history.^[2] She served as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and the Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense from 2019 to 2020.^[3][4][5]