Kelly Craft
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Born | Kelly Guilfoil February 24, 1962 |
Nationality | US |
Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
Spouse | • David Moross • Judson Knight • Joe Craft |
Member of | Institute for the Study of War, The Giving Pledge |
Kelly Dawn Craft [1] is an American businesswoman, political donor, philanthropist, and former diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021. Craft previously served as the United States ambassador to Canada from 2017 to 2019. She earlier was appointed by President George W. Bush as a US alternate delegate to the United Nations in 2007, where her focus included US engagement in Africa. Craft serves on the advisory board of the Canadian American Business Council[2] and heads Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky.
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 in September 2019. Craft formally presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on September 12, 2019.
In 2016, she married Joe Craft, the third-largest coal producer in the eastern United States.
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Halifax International Security Forum/2017 | 17 November 2017 | 19 November 2017 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | Spooky conference in Canada |
Halifax International Security Forum/2018 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | Spooky conference in Canada | ||
Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | |
Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |