A Conversation with Diane Foley, President of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Episode description
Diane Foley is the Founder and President of the James W. Foley Foundation (JWFLF). She founded the JWFLF in September 2014, less than a month after the public execution by ISIS terrorists of her son, James Foley. Since 2014, she has led JWFLF efforts to fund the start of Hostage US and the international A Culture Of Safety Alliance, ACOS.
In 2015, she actively participated in the National Counterterrorism Center hostage review, culminating in the Presidential Policy Directive-30. This directive re-organized US efforts on behalf of Americans taken hostage abroad into an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and a White Hostage Response Group.
Previously, Diane worked first as a community health nurse and then as a family nurse practitioner for 18 years. She received both her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.
Further Reading
- ISIS Militants Charged With Deaths Of Americans In Syria, including Jim Foley, US Dept. of Justice (Oct. 7, 2020).
- The James W Foley Foundation
- Jamshid Sharmahd, A Dissident Held Hostage in Iran (Global Liberty Alliance).
- Alina Lopez, An American Unlawfully Imprisoned in Cuba (Global Liberty Alliance).