Councilor Greg Folley

Councilor Folley

Term: 2020 - 2022 and 2022 - 2026

Greg Folley

Email: GFolley@marcocitycouncil.com

Greg is a full time resident of Marco Island and was appointed to the City Council on June 1, 2020 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councilor Sam Young. He was elected to fill the balance of Councilor Young's term in November of 2020. He was re-elected to a full four-year term in November 2022, and elected Chairman of the City Council in December of the same year.  Greg is married to Margo, and is father to 9 children and two stepchildren, and is a grandfather of 11. He is a parishioner at San Marco Catholic Church. He is a veteran, an attorney and a retired Vice President of Caterpillar Inc., one of the largest and most iconic companies in the world.

During his professional career, which spanned nearly 40 years, Greg served in all three branches of the federal government, including service on the White House staff under President Reagan. He also practiced labor and employment law for over a decade at major law firms and as labor counsel for American Airlines, before joining Caterpillar. At Caterpillar Greg served in a variety of roles, including lead labor negotiator, Chief HR officer for the company’s 100,000 plus employees (where he oversaw Cat’s governmental affairs operations and Caterpillar University), and the company’s first Chief Analytics and Innovation officer. He also lead several of the company’s largest and most profitable divisions, including, most recently, the company’s largest division, which had over 10,000 employees in 60 facilities in 18 states and 18 different countries around the world. While serving in that role Greg helped deliver record revenues, profitability and safety results for that division.

While at Cat, Greg also served as Chairman of the Board of the Central Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross and helped deliver vital emergency services to residents displaced by the worst flooding and some of the most destructive tornadoes in the region’s history. He also served on the boards of Catholic Charities and Eureka College.

Greg attended the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (cum laude) from the University of Notre Dame, and was awarded an honorable medical discharge from the U.S. Naval Academy. He has extensive board experience with several different companies, and was admitted to the bars of Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas.

Address: 940 Cape Marco Drive, Unit 2006, Marco Island, FL 34145

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