Carol Bellamy

Carol Bellamy (born January 14 1942) has been Director of the United States Peace Corps, Executive Director of UNICEF, and President and CEO of World Learning.

Education and Peace Corps Service

Bellamy was born and raised in the New York City environs, and is a Mets fan. She graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963 and earned her law degree from New York University in 1968. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 1963 to 1965.

Business and Political Career

Bellamy has been highly successful in business and politics. She was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. from 1990 to 1993, a Principal at Morgan Stanley from 1986 to 1990, and an associate in the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1968 to 1971.

In 1978 Bellamy was elected the first female president of the New York City Council, a position she held until her unsuccessful bid for Mayor of New York in 1985. She had earlier served five years in the New York State Senate. In 1982 she considered running for Governor of New York. In 1990 she was an unsuccessful candidate for New York State Comptroller. In 2005 she was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents, which oversees all state education activities and the state Department of Education.

Peace Corps Director

From 1993 to 1995, Bellamy was the director of the Peace Corps. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, she was the first person to have been both a volunteer for the organization and its director.

Executive Director of UNICEF

From 1995 to 2004, Bellamy completed ten years as Executive Director of UNICEF. She was appointed to that position in 1995 by then-United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Bellamy was granted a second five-year term in 2000 by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Under UN policy, agency heads may serve no more than two five-year terms. Bellamy’s successor as UNICEF Executive Director is Ann M. Veneman, who, prior to joining UNICEF, was the United States Secretary of Agriculture. Bellamy left behind a fiscally sound organization with strong internal controls. She doubled UNICEF's resources from roughly $800 million in 1994 to more than $1.8 billion in 2004.

President and CEO of World Learning

Bellamy was appointed the President and CEO of World Learning, and President of its School for International Training in 2005. World Learning, based in Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S., is a global organization with operations in more than 75 countries that fosters global citizenship through experiential education and community-driven development programs.

On July 25, 2007 Bellamy was elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The FLA protects workers' rights and improves working conditions by promoting adherence to international labor standards. "For eight years the FLA has been strengthening its capacity to work with companies, factories, civil society organizations and others to end sweatshop labor and protect workers' rights. It is now moving beyond its rigorous monitoring program to focus greater attention on identifying the root causes of these problems and to develop sustainable compliance programs," said Bellamy in accepting the position. [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,146168.shtml]

Honors

She is a former Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and an honorary member of Phi Alpha Alpha, the U.S. National Honor Society for Accomplishment and Scholarship in Public Affairs and Administration. Barnard College, at its 1982 commencement ceremonies, awarded her its highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Bellamy received an L.H.D. from Bates College in 2003. She returned to her "alma mater" New York University School of Law to deliver a commencement day speech in May 2006.

* Order of the Rising Sun, 2006. [Nagashima-Hayashi, Michiko. [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/japan_36482.html "Former UNICEF Executive Director receives humanitarian award in Japan,"] UNICEF web site (2006)] ]

Quotes

"In a global economy worth over $30 trillion, it is clear that the necessary resources and know-how to reach every child are well within our grasp", Bellamy told a gathering in Stockholm in 2002.

1990 New York State Democratic Ticket

*Governor: Mario Cuomo
*Lieutenant Governor: Stan Lundine
*Comptroller: Carol Bellamy
*Attorney General: Robert Abrams

References

* " [http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatispc.notable.npanddev Notable Former Volunteers / Nonprofit and Development] ". Peace Corps official site. Accessed 5 January 2007.

External links

* [http://www.worldlearning.org/ World Learning]
* [http://www.worldlearning.org/bios/bio_president.html World of Learning - Carol Bellamy biography]
* [http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/4105.html Peace Corps biography]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_bio_bellamy.html Carol Bellamy UNICEF Biography]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25628.html News and Features highlighting the work of Carol Bellamy]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25629.html Press Releases relating to Carol Bellamy]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25630.html Speeches by Carol Bellamy]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25631.html UNICEF Executive Board links relating to Carol Bellamy]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25632.html Video and Audio featuring Carol Bellamy]
* [http://unicef.org/about/who/index_25633.html Photo Essays relating to Carol Bellamy]
* [http://www.worldlearning.org/news/2005/president_appointed.html World Learning press release announcing new president]
* [http://dlib.nyu.edu:8083/falesead/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=/bellamy.xml&style=/saxon01f2002.xsl&part=body Guide to Carol Bellamy Papers 1977-1985, New York University Fales Library]