Kelly Craft

Kelly Dawn Craft (née Guilfoil; born February 24, 1962) 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 U.S. 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 was previously the U.S. alternate delegate to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008, 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 state attorney general Daniel Cameron.