Nancy Prager-Kamel was a co-founder of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents, USA, where she leads initiatives by engaging in the four pillars of the AFPC strategy: Press Freedom and Human Rights; Education; Scholarships & Professional Excellence Awards; and Journalism Resources. She was a strategic advisor at the United Nations and with the United States government on international issues and human rights with a special dedication and expertise in anti-trafficking efforts. She has served on many of the world's most impactful humanitarian boards both in the US and internationally.
Mrs. Prager-Kamel worked at the UN and within the leading international advertising agencies and public relations companies, creating Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to address and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Benefiting worldwide aid organizations and numerous corporate and public stakeholders, she creates and protects brand value through the alignment of corporate social responsibility efforts with marketplace needs.
In recent years, Mrs. Prager-Kamel has served as Chair of the Board of Governors for the Foreign Press Foundation; US National Commissioner for UNESCO, on the boards of Human Rights Watch and UNICEF, and on the Board of Directors for the Vital Voices Global Partnership as its main UN representative. Recently she organized and led a series of UN panels sponsored by governments and agencies on strategic development issues. Mrs. Prager-Kamel was Co-Director of the United Nations’ “World Children’s Day” and began the first program for disabled children at the Metropolitan Museum. She was a founding member of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, bringing the arts to men in the New York prison system. She continues to paint and exhibit worldwide and you can learn more on her website, https://www.nancypragerart.com/.
Mrs. Prager-Kamel presently is the US and UN main representative for an international think tank formulating government policies on gender issues. She is the Managing Partner of Strategic-Expansion Partners (SES), a Swiss company specializing in global initiatives and public affairs for governments and corporations. Before joining SES, she served as the CEO for the multinational European Merchant Bank (EMBank), for which she created a registered broker dealer, a public/private fund, and advised and financed venture capital companies. Prior to this, she was heading the investment banking business of the largest Chinese-owned global broker dealer in the US.
The French government awarded Mrs. Prager-Kamel the Grande Prix Humanitaire de France in recognition of her humanitarian work and advocacy.
