Carol Bellamy
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'''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 [[State Education Agency|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]] [[UNSG|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.
[[Image:Kami muppet.jpg|right|thumb|[[Kami]] from [[Takalani Sesame]] poses with Carol Bellamy after Kami is named UNICEF's ''Champion for Children'' in November 2003]]
==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]], [[United States|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 [[List of Barnard College people#Recipients of the Medal of Distinction|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.<ref>Nagashima-Hayashi, Michiko. [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/japan_36482.html "Former UNICEF Executive Director receives humanitarian award in Japan,"] UNICEF web site (2006)]</ref>
==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==
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* "[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]
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