Linda K. Foley (born March 10, 1955) is an American politician and labor organizer who previously served as president of the Newspaper Guild and vice-president of the Communications Workers of America from 1995 through 2008.

[1][2] Foley was born in Pittsburgh on March 10, 1955, where she attended Fox Chapel Area High School.

In 1995, Foley was elected the first woman President of the Newspaper Guild, which would eventually merge with the Communications Workers of America in 1997.

[4] Foley later became the president of the Berger-Marks Foundation, an organization promoting women in the labor movement, which closed in 2017.

[6] In December 2021, the Montgomery County Democratic Party voted 20-2 to nominate Foley to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of former Delegate Kathleen Dumais, who was appointed as a Circuit Court judge by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.

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