Thomas C. Foley

Tom Foley
Official portrait, 2006
United States Ambassador to Ireland
In office
October 18, 2006 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames Kenny
Succeeded byDan Rooney
Personal details
Born
Thomas Coleman Foley

(1952-01-09) January 9, 1952 (age 72)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Lisa McCowan
(m. 1989; div. 1994)
Leslie Fahrenkopf
(m. 2009)
Children3
EducationHarvard University (BA, MBA)

Thomas Coleman Foley (born January 9, 1952) is an American politician and businessman. He served as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 2006 to 2009 and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Connecticut in 2010 and 2014.