Karen G. Foley

President
Scholarship Chicago

Ms. Foley serves Scholarship Chicago as its President, responsible for building the foundation into Chicago’s premier scholarship organization for underserved college-bound youth.

Prior to joining Scholarship Chicago, Ms. Foley served as Executive Vice-President of CNA Insurance, a $15 billion Fortune 500 company based in Chicago, where, as a member of the executive committee, she had responsibility for the development and execution of strategic plans for global marketing, the CNA Foundation, public affairs, online communication to external and internal audiences, advertising, knowledge management and marketing research and analysis. She was named one of the Top 100 Women in Insurance by Business Insurance.

Ms. Foley holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Kirkland College (since merged with Hamilton College) in New York. She serves on the board of Mathcounts, a national program dedicated to increasing enthusiasm for mathematics among junior high school students as well as being an elected trustee of the Hinsdale Public Library.