George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award

George H.W. Bush Lifetime Leadership Awardee

Nancy Cahill

  • Class
    1979
  • Induction
    2011
  • Sport(s)
    Softball

Nancy Cahill is a principal in the firm of Holman Cahill Garrett Ives Oliver and Andersen. In her practice, she has established several public and private foundations in the non-profit sector and advises on charitable giving to benefit entities in the United States and third world countries.  The charities have made grants in excess of $400 million to support programs throughout the world. 

A swimmer and captain of the softball team at Yale, Cahill has remained active in the Yale community since her graduation in 1979.  She was one of nine founders of WISER, an endowment that has raised more than $1 million to support women’s athletics, is one of the Regional Directors for the Yale Day of Service, and was the President of the Yale Association of Western Washington. 

Cahill has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations including Esperanza International Foundation, Broadway Bound Children’s Theater and the Rotary Club of Seattle. Currently, she serves on the Legacy Advisory Board for the Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center and serves as the volunteer chaplain for the WNBA‘s Seattle Storm. 

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