Mary Pat Christie

Mary Pat Christie (née Foster; born September 15, 1963) is an American investment banker and wife of former New Jersey Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie. 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 were married in 1986. 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, New Jersey. She became a managing director at the Wall Street investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. She left her position in April 2015.