1. Jamie D McCourt is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021.
28 Facts About Jamie McCourt
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Jamie McCourt was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2,2017.
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Ambassador McCourt is the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe.
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Jamie McCourt became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004, then president in 2005, and finally CEO in 2009.
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Jamie McCourt was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Jewish parents.
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Jamie McCourt attended La Sorbonne and studied culinary arts in Aix-en-Provence.
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Jamie McCourt then spent ten years as vice president and general counsel of the McCourt Co.
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Jamie McCourt relocated from Boston to Los Angeles in 2004 to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers and joined the Dodgers' front-office organization as an executive after the team was acquired.
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Jamie McCourt was a visiting professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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Jamie McCourt has invested in high-value real estate, biotech and tech start ups.
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Jamie McCourt spoke at institutions such as Harvard and Columbia University encouraging women to be financially self-sufficient and in control of their finances.
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In 2016, Jamie McCourt served as Presidential Trustee and California State Co-chair for Trump Victory.
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Jamie McCourt then was on the Transition Finance Committee for then President-Elect Donald Trump.
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From 2004 to 2012, Jamie McCourt was the president and CEO of the Dodgers.
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Jamie McCourt began as vice chairman, became president in 2005 and then CEO in 2009.
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Jamie McCourt was represented in the divorce by trial lawyer David Boies.
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On October 17,2011, it was announced that the McCourts had reached a settlement dividing their assets equally whereby Jamie McCourt would receive about $130 million and renounce her claims on the team.
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Three months later, Frank Jamie McCourt sold the Dodgers for $2.1 billion.
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Jamie McCourt sued Frank for $770 million in 2013, alleging that he had undervalued the team during the divorce settlement.
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Jamie McCourt's philanthropy focuses on promoting business education, contemporary art, and the worldwide Jewish community.
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Jamie McCourt was the recipient of the Scopus Award, the highest humanitarian honor given by the American Friends of the Hebrew University for community leaders who have active involvement in humanitarian causes.
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Jamie McCourt has served on the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and on the board of trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Jamie McCourt has served on the board of directors of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
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Jamie McCourt has said she considers education the great equalizer, and has pursued a variety of educational endeavors including membership on the board of advisors at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the North American Executive Board at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Jamie McCourt served as chairman of Georgetown University's Third Century Campaign, which raised more than one billion dollars.
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On June 22,2017, President Donald Trump nominated Jamie McCourt as United States Ambassador to Belgium.
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Jamie McCourt was sworn in on December 11,2017, and presented her credentials to President Emmanuel Macron on December 18,2017.
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Jamie McCourt stepped down as ambassador after the inauguration of President Joe Biden in 2021.