Cait Conley is a 16-year Army veteran running to unseat GOP incumbent Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District.
She completed six overseas deployments, including combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning three Bronze Stars. After active duty, Conley led counterterrorism efforts on the National Security Council and directed election security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Conley holds master’s degrees in Business Administration and Public Policy from MIT and Harvard.