Callista Gingrich
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United States Ambassador to the Holy See Nominee |
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Taking office TBD* |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Louis Bono |
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Callista Louise Bisek March 4, 1966 Whitehall, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Newt Gingrich (m. 2000) |
| Alma mater | Luther College, Iowa (BA) |
| Website | Gingrich Productions |
| *Pending Senate Confirmation | |
Callista Louise Gingrich (née Bisek; born March 4, 1966) is the President of Gingrich Productions. She is married to former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated her to be the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, a post requiring Senate confirmation.
Callista Louise Bisek, known as "Cally Lou" to her family, was born to Alphonse Emil Bisek and Bernita (Krause) Bisek, in Whitehall, Wisconsin. Her father worked in a packing plant and her mother was a secretary. She has Polish and Swiss ancestry. She graduated as valedictorian from Whitehall Memorial High School in 1984. A music student from childhood, Bisek attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, majoring in music and joining the Delta Alpha Delta sorority. She graduated cum laude in 1988.
In 1988, just out of college, she accepted an internship in Washington, D.C., in the office of Republican Congressman Steve Gunderson. At the end of the internship she joined Gunderson's Congressional staff where she worked until 1995. In 1995, she moved to the House Committee on Agriculture where she worked as Chief Clerk until 2007.
Since leaving the House Committee on Agriculture in 2007, Callista Gingrich has served as President of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company founded by Callista and her husband. They produce historical and public policy documentary films, publish books and newsletters, and make speeches, television, and radio appearances.
Together, they have hosted seven documentaries, including A City Upon A Hill, America at Risk, Nine Days that Changed the World, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, Rediscovering God in America, Rediscovering God in America II: Our Heritage, and We Have the Power. The films have sold several hundred thousand copies.
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