Marilee Fiebig is an American attorney and the current Rock Nation Chief of Staff. She is well-known for being T.J. Holmes‘ wife, an American journalist. She began her professional career at Wilhelmina as vice president and general counsel. Here is everything you need to know about her.
Who Is Marilee Fiebig?
Marilee Fiebig was born on 27 October 1977. She was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where her mother is from and her dad served in the Peace Corps. She grew up alongside her two siblings, Jason and Chantale. The family moved from Congo to America when Marilee was 5 years old. Her parents’ names are William and Pauline.
When she finished her high school education, she enrolled in the University of Michigan. Following her graduation from Michigan University, she enrolled in a legal programme at Vanderbilt Law School.
She said that her experience moving to the United States actually inspired her career in law. “I watched my mom go through the immigration process, being married to a U.S. citizen, having children with dual nationalities at the time, and so that whole process struck a chord with me.”
About Marilee Fiebig And T.J. Holmes
Marilee gained popularity following her marriage to renowned American journalist T.J. Holmes. Holmes has experience working as a Sunday Morning and Saturday anchor at CNN. He also spent a year as an employee of BET Network. He is currently employed with ABC News.
T.J. Holmes married Marilee Fiebig in 2007 following the divorce of his first wife. When they first met in 2009, they began dating. On March 1, 2010, the couple exchanged vows. Friends and relatives attended their intimate wedding. Their wedding took place in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fiebig had Sabine, a daughter, as her first child with Holmes in January 2013. She became a stepmother to Holmes’s two children from a previous relationship, Brianna and Jaiden. They reportedly separated in August 2022 before filing for divorce that December.
Shortly after splitting from Fiebig, Holmes started dating Amy Robach, his co-anchor on GMA3, following years of working together and rumours of an affair. When Robach and Holmes were seen holding hands while on vacation in upstate New York in November 2022, the world became aware of the couple’s connection.
Marilee Fiebig’s Career
The spouse of T.J. Holmes works in law. She has served Wilhelmina as general counsel and vice president of operations. She worked for LLP, Del Rey, Fragomen, Bernsen, and Loewy in 2014 as an associate attorney specialising in immigration law.
Marilee Holmes is the Rock Nation Chief of Staff at the moment. She also works with Save the Children, a global humanitarian organisation that defends children, as an accomplished lawyer and business executive. As vice president of operations and general counsel, she joined the company in 2018 and used her expertise in the American immigration system to assist models in obtaining work visas so they could participate in large contracts and runway events.
Fiebig has used her legal education in the field of fashion as well. She worked as Wilhelmina Models’ VP of Operations and General Counsel, assisting the modelling agency in bringing models to the United States, but identifying herself on Instagram as a “Fashion and Entertainment Executive”.
Fiebig held the position of Chief of Staff at JAY-Z’s entertainment company, Roc Nation, prior to joining Save the Children in 2021. According to her Unlock Her Potential bio, she was the “CEO’s right hand on all Roc Nation platforms and business needs.”
Marilee Fiebig is a lawyer and fashion designer who also coaches women for Unlock Her Potential, an initiative started by Sophia Chang that aims to “provide mentorship for women of colour,” according to the program’s Instagram page.
