"We hear that behind every great man is a woman.
It has been my experience that behind every great effort and achievement
in society goes a Black woman or a group of Black women being unrecognized.”
New York Times, October 26, 1981.
The same year that she made this powerful statement,
Jewell Jackson McCabe founded the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
as a leadership forum to engage professional black women in a network
to meet their career needs and the needs of their communities and to
facilitate their access to mainstream America.
The organization boasts a membership of 7,000
women in 25 states and Washington, D.C.
With wide-ranging experience in the public and private
sectors, Ms. McCabe is a businesswoman and consultant to major corporations,
cultural and civic institutions; serves on a variety of boards; and is a presidential,
gubernatorial and mayoral appointee.
"There is no
formula for success…
Your effort must be 24/7: 365."
As president of Jewell Jackson McCabe Associates, Inc. –
a management consulting firm specializing in strategic communications – Ms.
McCabe has advised a wide range of organizations in the private and public sector.
These include American Express, IBM, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America
(Panasonic) and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
McCabe shares her varied expertise and knowledge as a member
of the boards of Alight.Com, the Children’s Advocacy Center of Manhattan, the
New York City Investment Fund, L.I.C. and Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.
Appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton to the United States
Holocaust Memorial Council, Ms. McCabe serves on the Council’s Education and
Community Outreach Committee and Committee on Conscience. New York Governor
Mario M. Cuomo appointed her to the New York State Council on Fiscal and Economic
Priorities and New York State Job Training Partnership Council. Her mayoral
appointments include membership on the New York City Commission on the Status
of Women.
To young women and men alike, Ms. McCabe shares her philosophy:
“There is no formula for success… One must manage expectations with an understanding
that in order to be in the right place at the right time, one may have to be
in the wrong place 90 percent of the time. In other words, your effort must
be 24/7: 365.”
