Sharon Day
American politician & diplomat
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Sharon Day is the former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica. She previously served as the co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.[1][2][3] She resigned on January 19, 2021.
Sharon Day | |
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| United States Ambassador to Costa Rica | |
| In office September 25, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | S. Fitzgerald Haney |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Telles |
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| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Career
Day owned an insurance company in Indianapolis with her husband. They sold the company, which had 156 employees, in the early 1990s and retired to South Florida.[4]
Day has served on different Republican Party committees on the local, state, and national level since the 1990s. Day became a precinct committeeman in 1994, state Republican committeeman for Broward County in 1996, national committeewoman representing Florida in 2004, and national party secretary in 2009. She lost a bid for national party chair in 2010 when Jim Greer resigned.[4] She has served as national party co-chair since 2011 and has been re-elected into 2015.[1]
Personal life
Day resided in the Galt Mile neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[4] She has been a lifelong Republican.[4] She was married to Larry Day. They have two children.[5] Larry died in 2012.[6]
