global organization with operations in more than 75 countries that fosters global citizenship through experiential education and community-driven development programs. Organizations that fund World Learning include the Tides Foundation and Rockefeller Financial Services. On July 25, 2007, Bellamy was elected chair of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The FLA advocates for workers' interests by promoting 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. Other In April 2009, Bellamy was appointed as Chair of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Board of Governors. Between 2010 and 2013, Carol Bellamy was the chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education. Bellamy is a member of the Board of the American University of Beirut. Honors In 1981, she was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation. Bellamy is a former Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and an honorary member of Pi Alpha Alpha. At its 1982 commencement ceremonies, Barnard College awarded Bellamy the college's highest honor, the Medal of Distinction. Bellamy received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bates College in 2003. She returned to her alma mater, the NYU School of Law, to deliver a commencement day speech in May 2006. For her work with UNICEF, she was awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun in 2006. In 2009, she was recognized for her work by France with the Legion of Honour. References External links The Fales Library Guide to the Carol Bellamy Papers |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1942 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians American University of Beirut trustees American expatriates in Guatemala American humanitarians American nonprofit executives American officials of the United Nations American women chief executives American women lawyers American lawyers Candidates in the 1985 United States elections Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Cravath, Swaine & Moore associates Gettysburg College alumni Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Harvard Kennedy School staff Lawyers from New York City