Jamie McCourt

Jamie D. McCourt (née Luskin; born December 5, 1953)[1] is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021.

[3] She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004, then president in 2005, and finally CEO in 2009.

She then spent ten years as vice president and general counsel of the McCourt Co., the family real estate development firm in Boston.

[15] In 2013, she bought a 22-acre vineyard estate in Napa Valley, California Rutherford region for $11.25 million with the intention of both living there part-time and continuing to produce the property's wine.

[18] McCourt also spoke at institutions such as Harvard and Columbia University encouraging women to be financially self-sufficient and in control of their finances.

[21][22] Under her leadership, the Dodgers set a club record for single season attendance and won back-to back division titles for the first time in 30 years.

[27] On December 7, 2010, Superior Court Judge Gordon ruled that a postnuptial agreement giving Frank McCourt sole ownership was invalid due to a switched document proving Jamie's 50% ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

[30] Jamie McCourt sued Frank for $770 million in 2013, alleging that he had undervalued the team during the divorce settlement.

[31] McCourt's philanthropy focuses on promoting business education, contemporary art, and the worldwide Jewish community.

[15] McCourt has said she considers education the great equalizer,[34] and has pursued a variety of educational endeavors including membership on the board of advisors at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the North American Executive Board at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

[35] On June 22, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated McCourt as United States Ambassador to Belgium.