Extra-Ordinary Woman: Carol Bellamy, Former Director of Peace Corps and UNICEF

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Carol Bellamy. Carol was the former director of the Peace Corps from 1993-1995.  She has many accomplishments on behalf of women and girls empowerment.Featured GuestCarol Bellamy is a former government and nonprofit executive and politician. She was recently chair of the board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), which is the first global funding effort to address violent extremist agendas with an emphasis on empowering women and youth. She was director of the Peace Corps, executive director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and president and CEO of World Learning and the School for International Training. She also was the chair of children's rights advocacy organization ECPAT 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 as President of the New York City Council.In addition, Carol has been Chair of the Board of Directors of the InternationalBaccalaureate, as well as Chair of the Global Partnership for Education. She hasworked in the private sector at Morgan Stanley and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She is an emeritus member of the American University of Beirut Board of Trustees and is aformer Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics.In recognition of her professional success, Carol made Forbes Magazine’s 100 MostPowerful Women in the World. In addition, she has been awarded the Légiond’Honneur by the Government of France, and the Order of the Rising Sun in Japan.Podcast Host:Kathleen Corey is past president of Women of Peace Corps Legacy.  She spent sixteen years with Peace Corps getting her start as a Volunteer in Liberia.  She has been Country Director in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka and held various headquarter positions responsible for opening Peace Corps China, Cambodia, and numerous countries in the Former Soviet Union.  As a retired diplomat, she currently teaches various courses to Department of State employees at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations.  WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.