Carol Bellamy

Carol Bellamy
Speaking in 2008
Executive Director ofUNICEF
In office May 1, 1995 – May 1, 2005
Secretary General	Boutros Boutros-Ghali Kofi Annan
Preceded by	Richard Jolly(Acting)
Succeeded by	Ann Veneman
13th Director of thePeace Corps
In office October 7, 1993 – May 1, 1995
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Elaine Chao
Succeeded by	Mark Gearan
President of theNew York City Council
In office January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1985
Preceded by	Paul O'Dwyer
Succeeded by	Andrew Stein
Member of theNew York State Senate
In office January 1, 1973 – December 31, 1977
Preceded by	John J. Marchi
Succeeded by	Martin Connor
Constituency	23rd district(1973–1974) 25th district(1975–1977)
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-14)January 14, 1942 Plainfield, New Jersey,U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Liberal(1985)
Education	Gettysburg College(BA) New York University(JD)

Carol Bellamy(born January 14, 1942) is an American nonprofit executive and former politician. She is chair of the board of theGlobal Community Engagement and Resilience Fund(GCERF). Previously, she was director of thePeace Corps,executive director of theUnited Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF), and president and CEO ofWorld Learning.She is also the chair of children's rights advocacy organizationECPAT International,working to end the sexual exploitation of children. After three terms in the New York State Senate, she was the first woman to be elected to any citywide office in NYC asPresident of the New York City Council,a position she held until her unsuccessful bid forMayor of New Yorkin 1985; she was the second to last person to hold this position.

Early life and education

Bellamy was born inPlainfield, New Jerseyin 1942,and raised inScotch Plains,graduating fromScotch Plains-Fanwood High Schoolin 1959.She attendedGettysburg College,where she was a member ofDelta Gamma,and graduated in 1963. She earned herJ.D.degree fromNew York University School of Lawin 1968, and was a Peace Corps volunteer inGuatemalafrom 1963 to 1965.

Business career

Bellamy was a managing director atBear Stearnsfrom 1990 to 1993, a Principal atMorgan Stanleyfrom 1986 to 1990, and an associate in the New York law firm ofCravath, Swaine & Moorefrom 1968 to 1971. In 1968, she was to be one of the subjects ofJean-Luc Godard's filmOne A.M.(later released asOne P.M.byD. A. Pennebaker) where she described her philosophy of using business to accomplish social change. Her speech was then satirized byRip Tornwearing aUS Civil Waruniform in front of a Brooklyn middle school class.

Political career

New York State Senate

Bellamy was a member of theNew York State Senatefrom 1973 to 1977, sitting in the180th,181stand182nd New York State Legislatures.

New York City Council

She mounted an uphill campaign forPresident of the New York City Councilin 1977. While her opponents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in their campaigns, Bellamy carried on with just $90,000 in funds, and, despite her initially low public profile, managed to finish a strong second in the Democratic primary with 25 percent of the vote, behind the incumbentPaul O'Dwyer,who got 30 percent, and ahead of City CouncilmanCarter Burden,AssemblymanLeonard Staviskyand developerAbe Hirschfeld.Because no candidate had received at least 40 percent, O'Dwyer and Bellamy met in arunofftwo weeks later, which she won handily, getting 58 percent of the vote. In the November general election, she easily beat theRepublicancandidate, Assemblyman John Esposito, by a 5-to-1 margin, becoming the first woman elected to citywide office in New York. She held the Council Presidency until her unsuccessful bid forMayor of New Yorkin 1985.

Other positions

Bellamy was a member of theMetropolitan Transportation AuthorityBoard until she resigned from the board at the behest of GovernorMario Cuomoin 1985.In 1982 she considered running forGovernor of New York.In 1990 she was an unsuccessful candidate forNew York State Comptroller.She served on theNew York State Board of Regents,which oversees all state education activities and thestate Department of Education,from 2005 to 2006.

Peace Corps

From 1993 to 1995, Bellamy was the director of the Peace Corps. Appointed by then US PresidentBill Clinton,she was the first director to have previously been a volunteer.

GCERF

As of 2014 Carol Bellamy is the Chair of the Governing Board of theGlobal Community Engagement and Resilience Fundwhich is the first global effort to support local, community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience againstviolent extremistagendas, for example through job creation and empowering women and youth. As a public-private partnership operating in the fields of security and development, the fund works with governments, civil society, and the private sector in beneficiary countries to support national strategies to address the local drivers ofviolent extremism.

UNICEF

Bellamy was appointed to the position of executive director ofUNICEFin 1995 byBoutros Boutros-Ghali,then theSecretary-General of the United Nations.She was granted a second five-year term in 2000 by Boutros-Ghali's successor,Kofi Annan.UN policy states that agency heads may serve no more than two five-year terms.

Bellamy is credited with having left behind a fiscally sound organization with stronginternal controls. She increased UNICEF's resources from roughly $800 million ($966 m in 2004 terms) in 1994 to more than $1.8 billion in 2004.

NGOs

Bellamy was appointed the President and CEO of theBrattleboro, Vermont-based World Learning and president of itsSchool for International Trainingin 2005. World Learning is a global organization with operations in more than 75 countries that fostersglobal citizenshipthrough experiential education and community-driven development programs. Organizations that fund World Learning include theTides Foundationand Rockefeller Financial Services.

On July 25, 2007, Bellamy was elected chair of the board of directors of theFair Labor Association(FLA). The FLA advocates for workers' interests by promotinginternational 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.

Other

In April 2009, Bellamy was appointed as chair of theInternational Baccalaureate(IB) board of governors.Between 2010 and 2013, Carol Bellamy was the chair of the Board of Directors of theGlobal Partnership for Education.Bellamy is a member of the Board of theAmerican University of Beirut.

Honors

In 1981, she was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of theFrench-American Foundation.

Bellamy is a former Fellow of theHarvard Institute of Politicsat theJohn F. Kennedy School of Governmentand an honorary member ofPi Alpha Alpha.At its 1982 commencement ceremonies,Barnard Collegeawarded Bellamy the college's highest honor, theMedal of Distinction.

Bellamy received anhonoraryDoctor of Humane LettersfromBates Collegein 2003. She returned to heralma mater,the NYU School of Law, to deliver a commencement day speech in May 2006.

For her work with UNICEF, she was awarded Japan'sOrder of the Rising Sunin 2006.In 2009, she was recognized for her work by France with theLegion of Honour.

External links

• AppearancesonC-SPAN
• The Fales Library Guide to the Carol Bellamy Papers