Nadine B. Hack

Nadine B. Hack
Born10 April
Brooklyn, New York, U.S
CitizenshipAmerican and Ireland
EducationMPA, public administration, Harvard University MALS from Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, The New School
OccupationCEO of beCause Global Consulting
SpouseGerald ‘Jerry’ Dunfey
Websitebecause.net

Nadine B. Hack is a dual citizen of America and Ireland, a business leader, writer and speaker. She has worked in government, the United Nations, academia, nonprofit organizations, and business. She is the CEO of beCause Global Consulting[1] and senior advisor to Global Citizens Circle.[2] She has served on many boards and advisory councils including currently for the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights,[3] The Pocket Project [4] and she is the Switzerland chapter lead for the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network.

Early life and education

Hack grew up in Brooklyn, New York in the 1950s and attended Erasmus Hall High School.[5] Hack completed two master's degrees, one in public administration from Harvard[6] and the other from the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Sciences from The New School. She is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar[7] and a Fellow of New Westminster College Caucasus University.[7][8][9]

Career

Professional career

In the 1970s, Hack was a community organizer at Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal.[10] (OCCUR)[11] She was seconded to office of California Governor Jerry Brown and worked with his Secretary of Resources Huey Johnson as they developed a renewable resource initiative, Investing for Prosperity.[12][13] She gave a TEDx ‘Adversaries to Allies’[14] describing the multi-sector process that supported this.

In the 1980s, Hack helped develop global green plans working with Wangari Maathai in Kenya founder of the Green Belt Movement, who later was the first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[15] Hack also was a consultant for nonprofits and progressive causes including the 1986 campaign of Corazon Aquino. She wrote a New York Times op-ed[16] about supporting Philippines democracy.

In 1990, Hack was appointed to lead the Sister City Program by New York City Mayor David Dinkins.[17] The next year, she became New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and Consular Corps until 1994.[18]

In 2000, Hack was named Commissioner-General for the UN Pavilion at Expo in Hannover, Germany, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.[19] She remains involved in his Geneva-based global foundation.[20]

From 2010 to 2102, she was the Executive-in-Residence at IMD Business School where she maintains an affiliation.[21]

Political career

In 1964, Hack began political activism as a volunteer on Shirley Chisholm’s campaign for New York State Assembly.[22][23] She also volunteered with Bella Abzug at Women Strike for Peace and was interviewed*[24] for oral history book on her life championing women’s rights, including as a Congresswoman.  

From the 1970s through the 1980s she organized and fundraised for candidates at the city, state, and federal level,[25] including serving as the National co-chair and the New York State chair of the 1988 Democratic Presidential Victory Fund.[26] During this same period, she and her husband Jerry Dunfey were active in the anti-apartheid movement.[27]

In 1984, she was on the Democratic National Party’s Platform Committee with Geraldine Ferraro. Hack supported her 1978 congressional campaign and her 1984 Vice Presidential candidacy.[28]

From 1987 to 1988, she was the National Co-chair and New York Chair of the Democratic Presidential Victory Fund and was a voting member of the Electoral College.[29] In 1988, Michael S. Dukakis's Presidential fund-raising campaign in New York.[18]

Academic career

Along with serving as Executive-in-Residence at IMD Business School, in recent years, she has been a guest lecturer at University of Lausanne and at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL and since the 1980s at New York University and universities around the world..[21]

Personal life

She married Jerry Dunfey,[18] co-founder Omni Hotels & Resorts (né Dunfey Hotels) and founding president Global Citizens Circle. Through her marriage to Jerry, she is the stepmother of four adult children (predeceased by his eldest son Jerry Jr. They have six grandchildren.[30]

Awards and recognition

Hack was honored with:

  • Named Top 100 Thought Leader Trustworthy Business Behaviour [31]
  • Enterprising Woman of the Year [32]
  • Inspiration Lifetime Achievement presented at Säid Business School[33]
  • Featured on Atlantic Speakers Bureau [34]

References

  1. ↑ "Global Associates extraordinary talent multi-lingual multi-disciplinary". www.because.net. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  2. ↑ "About". Global Citizens Circle. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Mission / Advisory Council". gcbhr.org. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  4. ↑ "About | The Pocket Project". Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Nadine Hack – Co-creator @ Ohana". Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  6. ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School - Kennedy School Alumna and Husband Honored by South African Government". 2012-04-12. Archived from the original on 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2025-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "The New Westminster College of Caucasus University is Established". Caucasus University. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  9. ↑ Admin_TUL (2025-09-02). "Nadine B. Hack: Working Toward a Better Future". The USA Leaders. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  10. ↑ "One America - Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal". The White House. 1994.
  11. ↑ "OCCUR". OCCUR. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  12. ↑ "How Jerry Brown envisions 'investing in the future'". The Christian Science Monitor. February 12, 1981.
  13. ↑ "Investing for Prosperity: Enhancing California's Resources to Meet Human and Economic Needs". beCause Global Consulting. Resource Agency of California - written by Edmond G. Brown Jr & Huey D. Johnson. Jan 1981.
  14. ↑ "Adversaries to Allies: Nadine B. Hack at TEDxPlainpalais". TEDx Talks. Mar 18, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize for 'her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace' 2004". The Nobel Prize. November 7, 2025.
  16. ↑ Hack, Nadine B. (September 4, 1986). "To Promote Philippines Democracy; Provide Aid and Investment". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "L'Interview de Chronique ONU". www.un.org. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  18. 1 2 3 "Chronicle – Dinkins Appoints Nadine B. Hack as Commissioner to U.N." The New York Times. 2015-05-25. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  19. ↑ "Germany and United Nations Sign Agreement for UN Participation in Expo 2000 in Hannover | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  20. ↑ "Shareholder Activism and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies: Promoting Environmental Justice, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development Goals" (PDF). scholarship.law.bu.edu. Spring 2019.
  21. 1 2 "Nadine Hack - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center". womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  22. ↑ "Nadine Hack, philanthropist and Chisholm campaign worker". Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism 1945-the Present. 2000.
  23. ↑ "Working for Shirley Chisholm, 1964". New York magazine. 2021-04-26. pp. Angelina Chapin interviewer 4/2/21.
  24. ↑ Hazen, Don (December 2, 2008). "In Hard Times, Look to the Legacy of the Brilliant Feisty Bella". Alternet.
  25. ↑ Bird, David (March 15, 1986). "A New Kennedy Makes A Good Impression". The New York Times.
  26. ↑ "Fund-Raisers Give Dukakis A Huge Edge - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 2018-01-31. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  27. ↑ "Apr 09, 1988, page 15 - The Boston Globe at Boston Globe". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  28. ↑ "1984 Democratic Party Platform | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  29. ↑ "Victory Fund Members". The Washington Post. 1988-07-19. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  30. ↑ "It's All Relative". UNH Today. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  31. ↑ "beCause Global Consulting". www.idealist.org. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  32. ↑ Magazine, Enterprising Women. "Enterprising Women Magazine Announces 2019 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winners". www.prweb.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  33. ↑ "Nadine B. Hack". Stockholm Philanthropy Symposium. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  34. ↑ "Nadine B Hack, Business & Motivational speaker, Executive Development speaker, Corporate Away Days speaker, Employee Engagement speaker, Academic speaker, Sales, Customer Service & CRM speaker, International Relations speaker, Change, Risk & Uncertainty speaker, Corporate Culture speaker, CSR, Philanthropy & Third Sector speaker, Ethics & Philosophy speaker, Global & Globalisation speaker, Emerging Markets, BRICS & EAGLES speaker, HR speaker, Communication speaker, Social Media & Networking speaker, Strategy speaker, Research & Development speaker, Collaboration & Partnerships speaker, Women speaker, Leadership & Management speaker, Motivation & Inspiration speaker, Entrepreneurs speaker, Future & Trends speaker, Teamwork & Team Building speaker, Peak Performance speaker, Innovation & Creativity speaker, Education speaker, Pioneers speaker, Business speaker, Motivational speaker, Psychology & Psychiatry speaker, Business & Economy speaker, Motivation & Inspirational speaker, Transformational speaker, Diversity & Equality speaker, Talent Attract & Retain speaker, from Atlantic Speaker Bureau". www.atlanticspeakerbureau.com. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
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