Ned Siegel

Ned Lawrence Siegel (born September 26, 1951) is an American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman who served as the United States ambassador to the Bahamas from 2007 to 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Education Siegel graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Connecticut in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and earned a Juris Doctor from Penn State University in 1976.

After 40 years of entrepreneurial accomplishments he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina in 2014.

In 2006, Siegel was appointed Representative of the United States to the United Nations (2006–2007).

Siegel was also the plaintiff in the 2000 lawsuit Siegel v. LePore. Siegel, along with Republican candidates George W. Bush and Richard Cheney, filed a lawsuit against members of county canvassing boards in Florida claiming that the manual recounts of ballots in specific counties violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and infringed on voters' rights to due process and equal protection. While the outcome of this case ruled against the plaintiffs, it was one of several significant legal battles during the 2000 election turmoil that preceded the Bush v. Gore decision at the U.S. Supreme Court level.

U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas (2007–2009) Siegel's commitment to public service earned him recognition, when Florida Governor Jeb Bush at the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

In 2003, President George W. Bush gave him a presidential appointment to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Board of Directors, where he served until 2007. In 2006, President Bush appointed him to serve under Ambassador John Bolton as the senior advisor to the U.S. Mission and as the U.S. representative to the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. where they established a memorandum of understanding between Florida and Israel on bilateral cooperation in private sector industrial research and development.

Siegel is an advisor and co-founder of the U.S. Medical Glove Company, which provides medical, industrial and military workers with critical Personal protective equipment both domestically and to U.S. allies overseas. He has assisted them in securing partnerships with the United States Department of Defense, and in the Gulf Cooperation Council, specifically Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Personal life Siegel grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. During his years at the University of Connecticut he played varsity basketball and was on the 1970's All-Decades varsity lacrosse team. Siegel is Jewish Siegel's wife, Stephanie, is the Board Member and Founder of the Bahamian Breast Cancer Initiative Foundation. As a breast cancer survivor, Stephanie Siegel's organization facilitates research, improves access to treatment, and increases awareness of the disease that affects Bahamian women at the world's highest levels.