Catherine Todd Bailey (born 1951) is an American diplomat who served as Ambassador of the United States of America to Latvia (Appointed, 29 November 2004 Left post on 4 February 2008).

[3] Bailey is the Chair of the Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking for the United States Chamber of Commerce.

On September 8, 2004, President George W. Bush announced his intent to nominate Bailey to become the United States Ambassador to Latvia.

[8] On November 21, 2004, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote and was sworn in as ambassador by former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on January 13, 2005. In 2000, Bailey, and her husband Irving W. Bailey II, founded Operation Open Arms, Inc., a private child placing agency in Kentucky that places children of incarcerated mothers into foster families.

[9] Bailey has received accolades for her work with Operation Open Arms, including receipt of the 2003 Unsung Heroine Award sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors.