Benjamin Foley was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated from Fairview High School. In 2005, Dr. Foley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. He then attended the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in Denver and was elected into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon national dental honor society. He received his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee and served as Chief Resident in his final year. He then joined his father's Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery practice in July 2013. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he was named as one of Boulder's top dentists by 5280 magazine.