Mary Pat Christie
| Mary Pat Christie | |
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Christie in 2016
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| First Lady of New Jersey | |
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Assumed office January 19, 2010 |
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| Governor | Chris Christie |
| Preceded by | Mary Jo Codey (2006) |
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Mary Pat Foster September 15, 1963 Paoli, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Christie (1986–present) |
| Alma mater |
University of Delaware, Newark Seton Hall University |
Mary Pat Christie (née Foster; born September 15, 1963) is an American investment banker and, as the wife of Governor and former 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie, is First Lady of New Jersey.
Christie was born to an Irish Catholic family in the Philadelphia suburb of Paoli, Pennsylvania, the ninth of 10 children. She was Class President of the University of Delaware Class of 1985 (her husband was President of the Class of 1984). Christie earned her MBA at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.
The Christies, both then recent graduates of the University of Delaware, were married in 1986. As newlyweds, they shared a studio apartment in Summit, New Jersey. She and her husband have 4 children: Andrew (b. 1993), Sarah (b. 1996), Patrick (b. 2000) and Bridget (b. 2003). The family resides in Mendham Township.
Governor Christie has cited his wife's success as a bond trader as enabling him to have a relatively low-paid political career. When a colleague teased him about this, the Governor responded, "Listen, I just have three words for you: joint checking account. That money all lands in the same place, baby. It's fine by me".
Mary Pat insisted that the family not move to the New Jersey Governor's Mansion in Princeton, New Jersey, so that the children would not have to change schools.
Mary Pat Christie pursued a career in investment banking, eventually working at a Wall Street investment firm located two blocks from the site of the September 11 attacks. On that date, she lost cell phone reception and was unable to contact her family. Governor Christie has spoken about how long those hours were that day. He was dealing with a disaster that struck an enormous number of New Jersey and New York families, all while having no contact with Mary Pat. He remembers thinking, "What am I going to do without my best friend?", "What kind of single dad am I going to be?"
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