Nancy Berkley, founder and President of Berkley Consulting, is recognized as an expert in women's golf, specifically in attracting and retaining women in the game. She is the author of Women Welcome Here! A Guide to Growing Women's Golf (National Golf Foundation 2003), her second book about women's golf for the National Golf Foundation. She is a Contributing Editor at Golf for Women magazine and Chairs the Advisory Board for Golfer Girl Magazine. She writes frequently for cybergolf.com, an international golf website, about topics of interest to women golfers. Nancy is also the author of An Insider's Guide to Careers in the Golf Industry (NGF). Her articles about women's golf appear regularly in Garden State Woman magazine.A respected resource in the golf industry, Nancy has participated in Golf 20/20, an annual strategic invitation-only conference sponsored by the PGA Tour, LPGA, The PGA, and the World Golf Foundation. At the conferences, she moderated panel discussions on player development with a focus on women golfers. She has addressed national conferences of the National Golf Course Owner's Association and Crittenden publications, as well as marketing seminars for The PGA and LPGA professionals. She serves as a consultant to the Golden Links Advisory Board of Corporate Meetings & Incentives, a PRIMEDIA Business Publication.
Nancy describes herself as a good bogey golfer and plays on home courses in Florida and New Jersey. "I know what it feels like to walk in the golf shoes of most women golfers," Nancy explains, "and that's important in helping the industry grow the game for women -- and girls." She is a member of the Board of Directors of Banyan Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she is also Chairman of the Golf Committee.
Prior to her work in the golf industry, Nancy held a number of senior executive positions with Prudential Financial, including Assistant General Counsel and Vice President Corporate Marketing & Business Integration. Before joining Prudential, Nancy was an attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell, a Wall Street law firm. Nancy began her professional career as a high school teacher. In 1998, she founded Berkley Consulting and The Woman's Only Guide® to Golf to share her long-time passion for golf and help grow the game.
Nancy holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Minnesota; a master's degree in teaching from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review. She is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.
