Nancy Needham Hathaway of Millbrook Joins Berkshire Taconic Board
Sheffield, Mass. — Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced today that Nancy Needham Hathaway of Millbrook, N.Y., has joined its board of directors.
Hathaway was the head of school at Dutchess Day School in Millbrook for seven years before retiring in 2017. She sat on the school’s board from 1989 to 1999, served as treasurer from 1994 to 1999 and joined the faculty as a history teacher from 2007 to 2010. The school’s renovated science wing was named in Hathaway’s honor.
She began her career in finance, spending 15 years at Bankers Trust Company before moving into education, teaching math at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Conn., and then at Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, Conn.
Hathaway is currently the treasurer of the board of directors of Dutchess Land Conservancy, where she served as chair from 1992 to 1997. She was also a member of the management committee for the Millbrook Horse Trials for 10 years. She holds a master’s degree in history from Western Connecticut State University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Smith College. Hathaway joins a regional board of 19 members.
About Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Now in its 30th year, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities by inspiring charitable giving in northwest Litchfield County, CT; Berkshire County, MA; and Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY. A nonprofit public charity with $150 million in assets, the foundation distributed a total of $6.5 million through grants and scholarships in 2017 to nonprofits and individuals in the arts and education, health and human services, and environmental protection. You can make a difference. We can help. www.berkshiretaconic.org
