Joyce Giuffra is a communications professional with extensive experience working in government, corporate and nonprofit organizations. She served in the White House Office of Media Relations under President George H.W. Bush and Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.  Joyce also worked as the Communications Director for the Dole-Kemp '96 presidential campaign. In New York, she was a Director of Corporate Affairs for Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations firm.

Joyce serves on the Board of Maggie's List, a political action committee focused on electing conservative women to federal office, and on the Executive Committee of the Manhattan Republican Party. She is a spokeswoman and active fundraiser for Republican candidates.

Joyce was a presidential nominee for the National Endowment of the Arts, and a former Trustee of American Ballet Theater, School of American Ballet and the Professional Children's School in New York City.

Joyce earned her A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth in Government and Political Philosophy.  She is currently pursuing her Masters of Liberal Studies in Management at Harvard University.  Joyce is married to Bob Giuffra, and has three children, Elizabeth, Caroline and Robert III.