Lisa Wilson-Foley
| Lisa Wilson-Foley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lisa Wilson ~1960 |
| 🏡 Residence | Simsbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Ithaca College Yale University University of Connecticut |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| 💰 Net worth | US$23 million (2010) |
| 🏛️ Political party | Republican |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Brian Foley |
| 👶 Children | Multiple |
Lisa Wilson-Foley (born approximately 1960) is an entrepreneur, political candidate, and white collar criminal from Connecticut.
Early life and family[edit]
Wilson-Foley received a B.S. from Ithaca College in 1981, a masters in Public Health from Yale University 1988, and a degree in Executive Managed Care Division from the University of Connecticut in 1997.[1] She met her husband Brian Foley while in grad school, he was one of her professors.[2] Together they have a blended family with seven children.[3]
Business career[edit]
A serial entrepreneur she formed her first company at 29[2] and now owns rehabilitation company Allstar Therapy, family entertainment business Blue Fox Enterprises, and medical testing company Swallowing Diagnostics. She is also involved in her husband's businesses. A golf course, the 27 hole Blue Fox Run, owned by her is notable for being the first in the country to offer onsite childcare.[4] In 2010 her campaign claimed that she directly employed 500 people and had hosted a group of 15 Kenyan entrepreneurs on a tour of Connecticut.[5] At the time of her conviction her personal net worth was estimated to be US$23 million, this is separate from her husband's nine figure net worth.[6]
Hartford FoxForce[edit]
In 1999 Wilson-Foley and her husband franchised the World TeamTennis team Hartford FoxForce in Hartford, Connecticut.[7] FoxForce’s first drafted player was Monica Seles.[8] In 2001 the team fielded brothers Murphy Jensen and Luke Jensen.[9] Over the years the team fielded other well known players such as Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Boris Becker, and James Blake (tennis). The team played first at Hartford’s 3,000 seat State Arsenal and Armory and later at a 2,500 seat outdoor stadium Wilson-Foley had built at her Blue Fox Run golf course. The Foley’s shut the team down in 2007 due to a lack of corporate sponsorships.[10]
Philanthropy[edit]
Before her conviction Wilson-Foley served as the vice-chair of the board at the The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.[3] Previously she served on the board of the Renbrook School and the American School for the Deaf.[3]
Political campaigns[edit]
She is a political protege of former Governor of Connecticut John G. Rowland who called her “grasshopper” during his political tutelage.[11] Rowland has been the subject of a number of political scandals and successful criminal prosecutions throughout his life.
Lieutenant Governor[edit]
In 2010 Lisa Wilson-Foley announced that she was running for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut as a Republican.[12] Wilson-Foley's campaign platform was unique, she said she would refuse the salary, car, and driver that traditionally came with the position. In addition she proposed evaluating after two years on the job whether the position of Lieutenant Governor should be abolished entirely.[13] She was the only candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election who ran for Lieutenant Governor without a gubernatorial running mate. She lost the election to Nancy Wyman.
Congress[edit]
Lisa Wilson-Foley ran for the 2012 Congressional Election in Connecticut's 5th congressional district. Her run was endorsed by a number of prominent local politicians and was considered competitive.[14] She declined public funding for her campaign[15] and instead loaned her campaign just under a million dollars.[16] In the Republican Primary she competed against Mark Greenberg, and Justin Bernier and Andrew Roraback. She was defeated by Roraback but waged a hard-fought campaign in which she and Roraback battled fiercely while largely ignoring the other two candidates.[17] Roraback went on to be narrowly defeated by Democrat Elizabeth Esty.[18]
Soon after her loss her campaign became the subject of state and federal investigations. At the core of the investigations was her relationship with John Rowland.[19] She had hired him to adviser her campaign but because he was a convicted felon and notoriously corrupt she chose to pay him more than US$35,000 through her husband's legitimate businesses in the hopes of avoiding negative publicity. By law all paid campaign staff must be reported, but the Foley-Wilson campaign neglected to report him.[20] Rowland provided fraudulent invoices for services on behalf of the couple's nursing home company as cover for the payments.[21] Prosecutors alleged that Wilson-Foley, Foley, and Rowland engaged in a conspiracy to steal the election along with a number of unindicted co-conspirators.[20]
In 2015 Wilson-Foley was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement.[22] Federal Prosecutors had requested that she spend at least ten months in prison [23] for her role in leading a “prolonged and calculated effort to defraud voters.”[24]
In addition to the charges related to Rowland's contracting she also ran afoul of Federal Election Commission regulation regarding campaign contributions. The campaign failed to report a $500,000 contribution by Brian Foley to the campaign, instead choosing to report it as Wilson-Foley's own contribution. This violated was discovered when her husband testified as such during his 2014 trial.[25] Brian Foley also used four individuals as straw donors to make donations that in and of themselves exceeded the individual contribution limit of USD$2,500 in addition to being illegal due to their duplicitous nature. The straw donor contributions of the four individuals totaled more than USD$30,000. These violations are especially egregious as Wilson-Foley also served as the campaign’s treasurer.[16] Foley and Wilson-Foley also used their business resources to directly support the campaign in violation of federal law, members of the Apple Rehab marketing staff were unofficially assigned to the campaign and other staff members got tasked to help personally persuade convention delegates to vote for Wilson-Foley.[20]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Meet the candidate: Lisa Wilson-Foley". rep-am.com. Republican American. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Priscilla Cale, David C. Tate (2011). Sink Or Swim: How Lessons from the Titanic Can Save Your Family Business. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9780313398346. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 George, Gombassy. "Watchdog News Hour: Lisa Wilson-Foley". ctwatchdog.com. CT Watchdog. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Lisa Wilson-Foley - Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor". registercitizen.com. Hearst Media. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Lisa Wilson-Foley, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Hosts 15 Kenyan Entrepreneurs". prnewswire.com. Wilson-Foley 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
|Authors list=missing|1=(help) - ↑ Leigh Cowan, Alison. "Wilson-Foley given 5-month jail term". ctmirror.org. CT Mirror. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Bailer, Darice. "Team Tennis Finds a Home in Hartford". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ Garber, Greg. "SELES FIRST MEMBER OF FOXFORCE". courant.com. Hartford Courant. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Roberto. "FOXFORCE PUT JENSENS TOGETHER". courant.com. The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "2000-2006 Hartford FoxForce". funwhileitlasted.net. funwhileitlasted.net. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ Leigh Cowan, Alison. "Wilson-Foley given 5-month jail term". ctmirror.org. CT Mirror. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Stewart, Christine. "Republican Announces For Lt. Gov". ctnewsjunkie.com. CT News Junkie. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Cynthia Needham, Karen Lee Ziner. "Healey says many states are discussing eliminating the lieutenant governor position". politifact.com. Poynter Institute. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ "Two legislators endorse Wilson-Foley in the 5th". rep-am.com. Republican American. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ Staff, CT Mirror. "Lisa Wilson-Foley announces for lieutenant governor". ctmirror.org. The Connecticut News Project. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "THIRD GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT" (PDF). fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ Rennie, Kevin. "Wilson-Foley in Full Fury. Risks Blow Back With Ferocious Attack on Roraback–For Supporting Death Penalty". dailyructions.com. Daily Runctions. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Keating, Christopher. "Esty Wins, Roraback Concedes After Tight Race For 5th Congressional District". courant.com. Hartford Courant. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ Leigh Cowan, Alison. "In Connecticut Ex-Governor's Trial, a Window Onto Political Strategizing". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 H. Mahony, Edmund. "Feds Want Prison For Lisa Wilson-Foley In Rowland Case". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ Christoffersen, John. "Guilty pleas in campaign finance scheme linked to ex-Gov. John Rowland". nhregister.com. The Associated Press. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ H. Mahony, Edmund. "Wilson-Foley Sentenced To 5 Months In Prison". courant.com. The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Government recommends prison for Wilson-Foley". fox61.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Leigh Cowan, Alison. "Crooked Hubby's Deal May Cost Wife Jail Time". newhavenindependent.org. New Haven Independent. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "RE: MUR 6566" (PDF). fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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