Juleanna Ruth Glover (born September 27, 1969) 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.

As a lobbyist, Glover is widely considered one of the most powerful women in Washington. A former spokesperson for James Murdoch and an advisor to Elon Musk, she was called the "mogul whisperer" by The New York Times.

Early career

Glover received her B.A. from Marymount University in 1991 and M.P.A. from George Mason University in 1993.

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. and has lectured on the future of the Republican Party at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Never Trump

Glover is part of the Never Trump movement who said “And for a conservative woman to be opposed to Trump is the most naturally comfortable place to be, philosophically and morally.”

Private sector

Glover has worked as a public affairs consultant since leaving the White House in 2002. as did Elle in 2012. 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."

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. 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 2018, she founded Ridgely Walsh, a public affairs firm in DC. The firm's senior director and Ukrainian national Veronika Velch (V. Kruglashova) worked to connect members of the media with Ukrainian citizens and government officials. "We’re honored to support our longtime Ukrainian colleague in her volunteer work to help her country," Glover told Politico on the matter. the Climate Leadership Council, and Biden Institute. She also serves on the Membership Committee for The Economic Club of Washington, DC.

Glover is a regular public policy commentator 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, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, Forbes, and The National Review, among others.

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

The Epstein document release of January 2026 reveal a series of email communications between Juleanna Glover and Jeffrey Epstein, primarily from 2017 and 2018, focused on scheduling in-person meetings at Epstein's New York residence and discussing financial strategies involving sovereign funds, private company transactions, and Tesla's operations. This was a decade after Epstein went to jail on child prostitution charges — to share possible presidential tickets “outside the partisan lanes.” Glover stated in Washington Post opinion that her outreach was intended to encourage Epstein to speak with a journalist about what he knew regarding Donald Trump, rather than to pursue a personal or financial relationship.

Glover, operating through her firm Ridgley Walsh, coordinated meetings with Epstein and associates like Michael Abramowitz of Freedom House, though several were canceled or rescheduled due to Epstein's travel. These proposed meetings with Freedom House were designed to make Epstein into a champion of democracy and reintroduce him to parts of the society after his conviction.

These interactions, facilitated by Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff and Glover's assistant Damian Lair, appear professional in tone and content, centered on business networking, philanthropy, and investment advice. Analytically, the repeated scheduling efforts and confidential disclaimers suggest Glover acted as a connector in Epstein's post-conviction network, potentially leveraging her political and financial contacts, though no documents reference illicit activities. she was divorced in 2009. Later that year, the Washington Post reported that she was dating Dal LaMagna.

She endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

References

  • New York Times feature on Ms. Glover
  • Lean In feature on Ms. Glover