1. Carol Bellamy was born on January 14,1942 and is an American nonprofit executive and former politician.
20 Facts About Carol Bellamy
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Carol Bellamy is chair of the board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.
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Carol Bellamy earned her JD degree from New York University School of Law in 1968, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 1963 to 1965.
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Carol Bellamy's speech was then satirized by Rip Torn wearing a US Civil War uniform in front of a Brooklyn middle school class.
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Carol Bellamy was a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1977, sitting in the 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures.
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Carol Bellamy mounted an uphill campaign for President of the New York City Council in 1977.
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Carol Bellamy held the Council Presidency until her unsuccessful bid for Mayor of New York in 1985.
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Carol Bellamy was a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board until she resigned from the board at the behest of Governor Mario Cuomo in 1985.
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Carol Bellamy served on the New York State Board of Regents, which oversees all state education activities and the state Department of Education, from 2005 to 2006.
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From 1993 to 1995, Carol Bellamy was the director of the Peace Corps.
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Carol Bellamy was appointed to the position of executive director of UNICEF in 1995 by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, then the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Carol Bellamy was granted a second five-year term in 2000 by Boutros-Ghali's successor, Kofi Annan.
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Carol Bellamy is credited with having left behind a fiscally sound organization with strong internal controls.
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Carol Bellamy increased UNICEF's resources from roughly $800 million in 1994 to more than $1.8 billion in 2004.
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Carol Bellamy was appointed the President and CEO of the Brattleboro, Vermont-based World Learning and president of its School for International Training in 2005.
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On July 25,2007, Carol Bellamy was elected chair of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association.
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Between 2010 and 2013, Carol Bellamy was the chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education.
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Carol Bellamy is a member of the Board of the American University of Beirut.
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Carol Bellamy received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bates College in 2003.
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Carol Bellamy returned to her alma mater, the NYU School of Law, to deliver a commencement day speech in May 2006.