Background
Bagley was born the second child of eight children to Judge John D. Frawley and Rosemary Frawley.
Bagley was born the second child of eight children to Judge John D. Frawley and Rosemary Frawley.
She is a 1974 graduate of Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish. She also attended university and law school in France, Spain, and Austria, where she studied international trade law and public international law.
She is a 1987 graduate of the Georgetown University Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor Degree in International law. She was sworn in as Special Representative for Global Partnerships in the Office of the Secretary of State on June 18, 2009. She served as Senior Advisor under a former Secretary of State from 1997–2001 where she established and headed the Office of Media Programming Acquisition for the newly independent Balkan states.
Ambassador Bagley also served as a Senate liaison for North Atlantic Treaty Organization Enlargement.
From 1994 to 1997, she served as the United States. Ambassador to Portugal. As an attorney specializing in trade and international law, she was Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University in Washington until January 1993.
She has held several other positions in the United States. Department of State: Congressional Liaison Officer for the Panama Canal Treaties during the Carter Administration (1977–1979). Special Assistant to Ambassador Sol Linowitz for the Camp David Accords, (1979–1980).
And Congressional Liaison to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1980–1981).
Ambassador Bagley was also "part of the national finance team for the Obama campaign, having personally raised about $350,000" as of August 2008. Together the Bagleys "raised the maximum $600,000 for President Obama"s inauguration events" in 2009. Bagley is a member in good standing of the Massachusetts Bar and District of Columbia Bar.
She was The American Ireland Fund"s Nantucket Celebration 2009 honoree for her political activism for more than 30 years.
She also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Democratic Institute. He died in January 2010 at age 74.
Together, they had two children: Vaughan Elizabeth Bagley and Conor Reynolds Bagley.
Bagley is a major political donor and fundraiser who "over the years raised millions of dollars for Democratic candidates." Her late husband, Smith West. Bagley (1935–2010), was an heir to the Richard Joshua Reynolds tobacco fortune and a vice chairman of finance for the Democratic National Committee, and the Bagleys were regarded as "two of the heaviest financial hitters in the party." Closely associated with the Clintons since Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, Ambassador Bagley was a "bundler" during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign who became a "HillRaiser" by raising more than $100,000, and the Bagleys contributed over $1,000,000 to the Clinton Foundation.
Married Smith Bagley, December 17, 1983 (deceased January 2, 2010). Children: Vaughan Elizabeth, Conor Reynolds.