Filipino American Ninio Fetalvo was appointed Assistant White House Press Secretary in January 2017.
He served as a spokesman and the Florida Communications Director for the Republican National Committee (RNC). He also served as the RNC’s Asian Pacific American Press Secretary, where he worked to engage Asian American communities across the country with the Republican Party’s message of opportunity for all.
During the summer of 2016, Fetalvo was the Deputy Director of Media Affairs for the 2016 Republican National Convention. Throughout his time at the RNC, he appeared on several international, national, and local English-language and foreign-language media.
In 2014, he helped develop and implement strategic communications for the RNC that contributed to Republicans winning 50 percent of the Asian American vote nationally.
Fetalvo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Communications from George Washington University’s School of Media & Public Affairs, taking only three years.
Born and raised in Southwest Florida, he is the son of immigrants from the Republic of the Philippines.
He of course now works in the Washington D.C. metro area under the Executive Office of the President. @niniofetalvo
