Mary Pat Christie

Mary Pat accompanied the Governor as he campaigned in 2015. When he had to return to New Jersey in January 2016 because as the Blizzard of 2016 bore down on his state, Mary Pat stayed in New Hampshire and substituted for the Governor at scheduled campaign stops.

She became a managing director at the Wall Street investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co.. Mary Pat has been the family's primary breadwinner, earning $500,000 of the couple's total income of $700,000 in 2014. She left her position with Angelo, Gordon & Co. in April 2015, stating that she wanted to spend more time with her family.

When Hurricane Sandy devastated communities along the Jersey Shore in 2012, Mary Pat took a three-month leave from her job to set up and run the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. Mary Pat heads the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, the Drumthwacket Foundation and New Jersey Heroes.

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.

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.

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.