Barry Nickelsberg and the Carter Foundation

Barry Nickelsberg Talks about the Carter Foundation, President Jimmy Carter and his love for Rosalynn. This was recorded 5 days before Rosalynn's death. is the Chief Development Officer for Estate & Gift Planning at The Carter Center. Barry has worked in development for colleges and universities throughout the world for the past four decades. He has written three books on fundraising for notfor-profits, hosted a three-part series on Fundraising in America for PBS and twice chaired the World Congress on Philanthropy. Working alongside government officials, Barry designed and organized a “nonprofit experiment” for the People’s Republic of China which opened that country to foreign adoption. Barry is a graduate of Ithaca College, received a Certificate from the Harvard Business School and completed his graduate work in Administration at Yale University. Barry organized and managed the first private sector campaign for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ($400 million raised) ITESM (the MIT of Latin America-$254 million raised) and for the World Health Organization ($60 million raised). He is credited with helping not-for-profit organizations raise in excess of $1 billion.. Barry has worked at The Carter Center since 2009. The organization was founded in 1982 by President Jimmy Carter to help build democracies around the world and eradicate five tropical diseases. Most notably, The Carter Center is responsible for reducing the number of cases of Guinea worm throughout the world from 3.5 million in 1986 to less than 30 today. In addition, The Carter Center has monitored 106 elections worldwide and has brokered peace treaties through its Center for Conflict Resolution. www.cartercenter.org