Henrietta Fore | |
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Executive Director of UNICEF | |
In office January 1, 2018 –January 31, 2022 | |
Secretary General | António Guterres |
Preceded by | Tony Lake |
Succeeded by | Catherine M. Russell |
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
In office November 17,2007 –January 20,2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Randall Tobias |
Succeeded by | Raj Shah |
Under Secretary of State for Management | |
In office August 2,2005 –November 17,2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Grant Green |
Succeeded by | Patrick Kennedy |
37th Director of the United States Mint | |
In office August 2001 –August 2,2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Jay Johnson |
Succeeded by | Edmund Moy |
Personal details | |
Born | December 9,1948 Chicago,Illinois,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Richard L. Fore |
Children | 4 |
Education | Wellesley College (BA) University of Northern Colorado (MPP) |
Henrietta Holsman Fore (born December 9,1948) is an American public health and international development executive who was the executive director of UNICEF till January 2022. [1] Fore is chairman and CEO of Holsman International,a management,investment,and advisory services company. She served in three presidential appointments under President George W. Bush:Fore was the first woman Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance,the 11th Under Secretary of Management in the Department of State,and the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury. [2] She was the presidential appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the United States Agency for International Development.
Fore was born in Chicago,Illinois. [3] Her mother was from Switzerland. Her father served the military during World War I. [4] Her grandfather is turn of the century architect Henry K. Holsman,inventor of the Holsman Automobile (1902-1911). [5] [6]
Fore grew up in Santa Barbara,California and attended Crane Country Day School [7] and Cold Springs School. She attended the Graham-Eckes School in Palm Beach,Florida,and graduated in 1966 from The Baldwin School,a private girls boarding school in Bryn Mawr,Pennsylvania.
In 1970,Fore received a B.A. in history,economics,and art from Wellesley College. [4] In 1975,she received a M.S. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado. [8] In 1986,she studied international politics at the University of Oxford.
After college,Fore worked in the federal government. She then worked at one of her father's companies,a small manufacturing business in the steel industry,a position she held for 12 years. [4] From 1977 to 1989,she was president and director of Stockton Wire Products in Burbank,California. [9] From 1981 to 1989,she was president and the chairman of the board of Pozacorp,Inc. in Burbank,California. [9]
From 2001 to 2005,Fore served as the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury,serving Secretary of Treasury,Paul H. O'Neill and Secretary of Treasury John W. Snow. [10]
From 2005 to 2007,Fore served as Under Secretary of State for Management,the Chief Operating Officer for the United States Department of State,serving Secretary of State,Condoleezza Rice. [11]
From May 2007 to January 2009,Fore served as the 13th Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), [9] and Director of United States Foreign Assistance,holding the equivalent rank as Deputy Secretary of State.
In January 2018,Fore was appointed as the executive director of UNICEF by the Secretary-General of the United Nations,Antonio Guterres. [12] As part of this position,Fore has worked in collaboration with GAVI,Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI),and the World Health Organization,among others,to facilitate vaccination to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic. [4]
Fore resigned in July 2021 to attend to her husband’s serious health issue but offered to stay on until her successor was recruited. [13] Her successor,Catherine M. Russell,assumed office on February 1,2022. [14]
Fore is the Chairman and CEO of Holsman International;Chairman and Owner of Stockton Products [9] and Vincenza;and Chairman and Managing Partner of Seaward International Company. She is a Mission Board Member of EQT Future Fund; [15] Director of Imperative Care; [16] Board Trustee of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS);and a Board Member of Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, [17] co-convened by the World Bank Group and WHO.
Fore lives in Nevada with her husband Richard L. Fore,who has four children. [4] She has one sister,Marta Babson. [5] [6] Fore is a Republican. [18]
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