Nella G. Barkley

President, Crystal-Barkley Corporation

Nella G. Barkley holds a B.A. from Sweet Briar College, having studied in France.  She has received special training in organizational development and management by objectives through Educational Systems and Designs, Dr. Eva Schindler - Rainman ( Los Angeles),  and the Teren Corporation,  among others.  She completed the Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School in 1975.  She has managed large scale projects and provided training for managers as well as boards of directors in long range planning, the establishment of specific concurrent objectives, and the implementation of appropriate strategies.  She is co-founder of the Crystal - Barkley Corporation, which devotes itself to teaching individuals and management how to make maximum satisfying use of their human resources.

 State and National Positions:

• Endowment for the Humanities, S.C. Committee, Vice Chair
• Consulting Committee, National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• "Key-Alumna," current Leadership Development Committee- Sweet Briar College
• Steering Committee, Women's Committee, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
• Crusade for a Cleaner Environment, Board of Advisors
• Association of Junior Leagues International Inc., President 1972-1974
• Up with People, Inc. - Board of Directors
• South Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission
• General Manager, Spoleto Festival U.S.A. - on contract to develop initial plan 1975-1976
• South Carolina Educational Television Endowment, Founding Chair
• South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc., Founding Chair
• South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Foundation, Chair
• Palmetto Horizon Foundation - Current Officer, devoted to elevating education in SC

 Community Positions:

• "Trident 2000" one of the founders of this experiment in citizen participation in public policy
• Women of St. Philip's Church - President 1964-1965
• Junior League of Charleston: President 1968-1969
• Horizon House - Founding Chairman 1965-1967; a community agency providing                                         
• rehabilitation to delinquent boys as an alternative to institutionalization.
• O.E.O. Advisory Committee
• Trident United Way of Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester Counties -  Board
• Co-Chair Alexis deTocqueville Society, United Way - 2002
• City of Charleston Committee on Allocation of Community Development Monies
• City of Charleston Commission on Redevelopment and Preservation, Founding Chair
• Ashley Hall School Foundation, Long Range Planning Chair
• School of Business and  Economics Board of Governors
• School of Languages, Culture and World Affairs Board
• Board of Directors, The Charleston Education Network - current
• Founding Chair Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts  - current
• Elected "Outstanding Young Woman of the Year" - 1964
• Named Distinguished Alumna, Sweet Briar College - 2002
• Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, State of South Carolina 2005

 Author of:

• How To Help Your Child Land The Right Job (without being a pain in the neck)
• The Crystal-Barkley Guide To Taking Charge Of Your Career, both Workman Publishing

Married to Rufus C. Barkley, Jr.(deceased), three children and eight grandchildren