Nancy holds a Bachelor of Law Degree (L.L.B. Hons.) from London, U.K. and is also an author of a book that outlines the history of the Jewish community of Bahrain, titled, “From Our Beginning To Present Day.”

Nancy was appointed by His Majesty in Year 2010 to serve as a Member of The Shura (Consultative) Council and was re-appointed during Year 2014 and Year 2018, where she continues to serve in The  Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee and was also elected unopposed on more than one occasion to serve as its Deputy Chairperson. Currently, she continues to serve in two Committees, the other being The Youth Affairs Committee.

Nancy was also appointed as a Member of The Coordination Committee of The Supreme Council  for Women for Downstreaming Women’s Needs into the Economic Development of Society.  She was also appointed as a Member of The Supreme Coordination Council for Inter-Civilization Dialogue which coordinated for The Inter- Civilization Conference,  “All Civilizations in Service of Humanity,” which was under the Patronage of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Essa Al Khalifa.

Nancy served on a Voluntary basis as Head of Administration at The Bahrain-Japan Business and  Friendship Society (BJBFS) since it was founded and assisted in supervising a special commemorative  book published by the society, entitled, “Bahrain & Japan: Decades of Friendship,” which commemorated at the time, forty years of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries.

Since many years Nancy enjoys Association Membership with The Bahrain-British Business Forum (BBBF) and with The Bahrain Historical & Archaeological Society

During her free time, she also takes great pride in spending time with Children suffering from the challenges of disability and actively supports the annual Children’s Summer Camp of “Bahrain For All.”

Nancy continues to actively contribute to the Society.  She is regularly invited to participate as a Guest-Speaker on various Topics about the Kingdom of Bahrain at Key-Events hosted locally and abroad.  She takes great pride in representing her precious Homeland and in enlightening others by sharing a well-rounded perspective as to the Peaceful Coexistence.

John C. Fortier, is the director of governmental studies. Prior to joining BPC in April 2011, he was a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he served as the principal contributor to the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, the executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission, and the project manager of the Transition to Governing Project. He was a regular contributor to AEI’s Election Watch series. He also served as the director of the Center for the Study of American Democracy at Kenyon College.

Fortier is the author of Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises and Perils, the author and editor of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, and the author and co-editor with Norman Ornstein of Second Term Blues: How George W. Bush Has Governed, and numerous academic articles in political science and law journals.

Fortier has been a regular columnist for The Hill and Politico. Fortier is a frequent commentator on elections and government institutions and has appeared on ABC’sNightline, CNN, Fox News, PBS’s News Hour, CBS News, NBC’s Today Show, C-SPAN, NPR, Bloomberg, and BBC. He has taught at Kenyon College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Harvard University and Boston College.

Fortier has a Ph.D. in political science from Boston College and a B.A. from Georgetown University.

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