30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office September 12, 2019 – January 20, 2021
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Richard M. Mills Jr.
Preceded by
Nikki Haley
Succeeded by
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
31st United States Ambassador to Canada
In office October 23, 2017 – August 23, 2019
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Richard M. Mills Jr.
Preceded by
Bruce Heyman
Succeeded by
David L. Cohen
Personal details
Born
Kelly Dawn Guilfoil
(1962-02-24) February 24, 1962 (age 62) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
David Moross
(m. 1986, divorced)
[1]
Judson Knight
(m. 1992, divorced)
Joe Craft
(m. 2016)
Children
2 daughters
Education
University of Kentucky (BA)
Kelly Dawn Craft (née Guilfoil; born February 24, 1962)[2] is an American businesswoman, politician, and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34, and was officially sworn in September 2019.
She previously served as the 31st United States Ambassador to Canada from 2017 to 2019, the first woman to hold the office. Craft earlier was appointed by President George W. Bush as a U.S. alternate delegate to the United Nations in 2007, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa.
Craft heads Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky, and serves on the advisory board of the Canadian American Business Council. She ran in the Republican primary for the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election, but lost to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
^Raj, Althia (July 4, 2018). "Kelly Craft Prizes Common Ground, Friends Say. But Life As Trump's Envoy In Ottawa Hasn't Been Easy". HuffPost Canada.
^Straehley, Steve; Wallechinsky, David (August 14, 2017). "United States Ambassador to Canada: Who Is Kelly Knight Craft?". AllGov. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
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