Interesting Tidbits of Nancy Shevell’s Biography and How She Met & Married Paul Mccartney
Growing up in Edison, New Jersey, Nancy was an unusual girl. She began exhibiting athletic skills from a young age and played different sports including football and skiing, among others. In addition to her athleticism, she also grew up more like a boy than a girl to her Jewish parents.
The young Nancy had tomboyish tendencies and was more interested in playing with trucks than with dolls. Her father readily indulged her in this, taking her to his company’s terminals and bringing her toy trucks as gifts, and she developed a keen interest in the family business. It was, therefore, no surprise when she eventually took a step further to study a male-dominated course, transportation, at Arizona State University.
Upon completing her degree, Nancy Shevell threw herself into the family business in 1983. Despite the challenges that her father and the company as a whole faced from the Genovese investigations, she maintained a positive resolve to steer the business to an unprecedented height. This saw her quickly rise through the ranks and she was eventually made the vice-president of Shevell Group of Companies.
A major milestone for Nancy Shevell in the industry was in 2001 when former governor, George Pataki, appointed her as one of the board members of the largest public transportation authority in New York – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority. She would remain at this position for about a decade, effectively combining it with her tasks at NEMF.
