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'''Callista Louise Gingrich''', née '''Bisek'''<ref name="buffalo"/> (born March 4, 1966) is the President of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company based in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="newyorker"/> She is the third wife of former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]], <ref name=NewsBriefs/>.
'''Callista Louise Gingrich''', née '''Bisek'''<ref name="buffalo"/> (born March 4, 1966) is the President of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company based in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="newyorker"/> She is the third wife of former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Newt Gingrich]] <ref name=NewsBriefs/>. She met her husband while he was a member of the House of Representatives, and had an affair with him while he was conducting the impeachment investigation of President Bill Clinton.”


==Early life, education and early career==
==Early life, education and early career==

Revision as of 05:08, 5 February 2012

Callista Louise Gingrich
Callista Gingrich, October 2007
Born
Callista Louise Bisek[1]

(1966-03-04) March 4, 1966 (age 58)
Whitehall, Wisconsin, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLuther College (Iowa)
OccupationPresident of Gingrich Productions
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
WebsiteGingrich Productions

Callista Louise Gingrich, née Bisek[1] (born March 4, 1966) is the President of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company based in Washington, D.C.[3] She is the third wife of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich [4]. She met her husband while he was a member of the House of Representatives, and had an affair with him while he was conducting the impeachment investigation of President Bill Clinton.”

Early life, education and early career

Callista Louise Bisek was born to Alphonse Emil Bisek and Bernita (Krause) Bisek in Whitehall, Wisconsin.[1] Her father worked in a packing plant and her mother was a secretary.[3] She graduated as valedictorian from Whitehall Memorial High School in 1984.[5] She then attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, majoring in music and joining the Delta Alpha Delta sorority.[3] She graduated cum laude in 1988,[6][7] and was accepted into a graduate program in broadcast journalism at Emerson College in Boston.[3]

Instead of going to Emerson, however, she accepted an internship in Washington DC, and worked there from 1988 until 2007,[8][3] first as a staffer in the office of Congressman Steve Gunderson (R-WI) and then as a clerk for the House Committee on Agriculture.[3]

Multimedia productions

Gingrich and her husband host and produce historical and public policy documentaries, editorials and advocacy films. Recent films include A City Upon a Hill,[9] 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.[10][3]

Gingrich is the voice for several audio books, including To Save America; Valley Forge; 5 Principles for a Successful Life; Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less; The Art of Transformation; Real Change; Contract with the Earth; and Rediscovering God in America.[6]

Gingrich's photography has been published in The New York Times and Washington Post and is featured in a photobook, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, which she co-authored with Newt Gingrich and Dave Bossie.[11] Her photography is also featured in Rediscovering God in America and is regularly displayed on Newt.org and GingrichProductions.com.[6]

Gingrich wrote Sweet Land of Liberty, a children’s book about American exceptionalism featuring Ellis the Elephant.[3] It was on the The New York Times Best Seller list.[12][13]

Other activities

Gingrich is the president of the Gingrich Foundation, a charitable nonprofit corporation. Among its charitable contributions, the Gingrich Foundation has established the Newt L. and Callista L. Gingrich Scholarship at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, which provides annual scholarships for instrumental music majors.[14] She is a long-time member of the choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.[15] and plays French horn with the City of Fairfax Band in Fairfax, Virginia.[16]

Personal life

Callista Bisek met Newt Gingrich when he was serving in the House as Minority Whip and she was a House staff member. In 1999 she testified that the couple began an affair in 1993, a year before he became Speaker, while Newt was still married to his second wife, Marianne.[17][18] On August 18, 2000, shortly after his divorce from Marianne was finalized, Callista and Newt were married.[4] Callista, who is a lifelong Roman Catholic, was instrumental in her husband's conversion to Catholicism.[2] The Gingriches currently live in McLean, Virginia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Buffalo County Biographical History: Celebrating 150 Years, 1853-2003 from Google Books
  2. ^ a b Sullivan, Amy (August 24, 2009). "Why Newt Gingrich Converted to Catholicism". Time. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Levy, Ariel (January 23, 2012). "The Good Wife". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "National News Briefs; Gingrich Is Married In Alexandria Ceremony". The New York Times. August 20, 2000. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  5. ^ Whitehall Times, May 16, 1984
  6. ^ a b c "About Us" Gingrich Productions Website
  7. ^ "Callista Gingrich". 2011 Catholic Radio Conference. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Mark Benjamin (November 24, 2011). "With Newt Back in the Spotlight, Callista Gingrich Follows". Time.com. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  9. ^ Lucy Madison (April 26, 2011). "Newt Gingrich to star in Citizens United movie about "American exceptionalism"". CBSNews.com. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  10. ^ "Video" Gingrich Productions Website
  11. ^ "Newt Gingrich and Callista Gingrich honor the legacy of President Ronald Reagan with Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny" (Press release). PRWEB. February 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  12. ^ "Best Sellers" The New York Times
  13. ^ NYTimes Best Sellers, 12/04/11
  14. ^ "Directory of Endowed Scholarships: Music". Luther College. 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  15. ^ Mrs. Gingrich Will Sing At Cathedral Today, The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register, Casey Junkins, October 16, 2009.
  16. ^ "City of Fairfax Band presents Bravo Broadway benefiting the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area Chapter". weta.org. WETA. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  17. ^ "Gingrich Friend Dates Affair To '93". Chicago Tribune. November 11, 1999. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  18. ^ Barron, James (4 May 2000). "PUBLIC LIVES". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)


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