Henrietta H. Fore
Henrietta Holsman Fore | |
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| 7th Executive Director of UNICEF | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2018 | |
| Secretary General | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Anthony Lake |
| Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
| In office November 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Randall L. Tobias |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Shah |
| Under Secretary of State for Management | |
| In office 2005–2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Grant Green |
| Succeeded by | Patrick F. Kennedy |
| 37th Director of the United States Mint | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Jay Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Moy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 12, 1948 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) University of Northern Colorado (MPP) |
Henrietta H. Holsman Fore (born September 12, 1948) is an American public health and international development executive who serves as the Executive Director of UNICEF. Fore formerly served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company. Fore was the first woman Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, 37th Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury. She was the Presidential Appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Early life and education[]
Fore was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Her mother was from Switzerland. Her father served the military during World War I.[2]
In 1966, Fore graduated 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.[2] In 1975, she received a M.S. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado.[3] In 1986, she studied international politics at the University of Oxford.
Career[]
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.[2] From 1977 to 1989, she was president and director of Stockton Wire Products in Burbank, California. From 1981 to 1989, she was president and the chairman of the board of Pozacorp, Inc. in Burbank, California.[4]
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.[5]
From 2005 to 2007, Fore served as Under Secretary of State for Management, the Chief Operating Officer for the United States Department of State.[6]
From May 2007 to January 2009, Fore served as the 13th Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),[4] and Director of United States Foreign Assistance, holding the equivalent rank as Deputy Secretary of State.
In January 2018, Fore was hired as the Executive Director of UNICEF.[7] 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.[2]
Personal life[]
Fore got married during her senior year of college. She and her husband moved to Denver, Colorado.[2] She is married to Richard L. Fore, who has four children.
She is a Republican.
Selected honors[]
Selected leadership and memberships[]
- 1977-2017: Stockton Wire Products, Chair of the Board of Directors[4]
- 1981-1989: Pozacorp, Inc., Chairman of the Board[4]
- 1987: Stanford Graduate School of Business, Board Governance
- 1987-1989: Water Quality Management, Board Member[4]
- 1993-2017: Asia Society, Co-Chair, Global Board of Directors[9]
- 1993-2017: The Aspen Institute, Board Trustee[10]
- 1993-2017: Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), Board Member[11]
- 1993-2017: Holsman International, Chairman and CEO
- 1995-2017: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Board Trustee[10]
- 2009-2015: WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (New York), Co-Chair
- 2010-2017: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED), Member Board of Trustees
- 2010-2017: Thervance Biopharma US, Inc., Independent Director
- 2011-2017: Center for Global Development, Board Member
- 2012-2017: ExxonMobil, Independent Director
- 2014-2017: Initiative for Global Development, Board Member
- 2014-2017: General Mills, Independent Director
- 2015-2017: Middle East Investment Initiative, Chair of the Board of Directors
- 2016-2017: Essilor International S.A., Independent Director
- American Academy of Diplomacy, Member
- American Leadership for a WaterSecure World Campaign Cabinet, Member
- Chief Executives Organization, Member
- Committee of 200, Member
- Council on Foreign Relations, Member
- Economic Club of New York, Member
- International Women's Forum, Member
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Board Member
- Millennium Challenge Corporation, Board Member
- Wellesley College Business Leadership Council, Member
- YPO/WPO, Member
Selected works and publications[]
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- Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom; Fore, Henrietta; Birtanov, Yelzhan; Jakab, Zsuzsanna (October 2018). "Primary health care for the 21st century, universal health coverage, and the Sustainable Development Goals". The Lancet. 392 (10156): 1371–1372. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32556-X. PMID 30343843.
Wikidata (
) - Berkley, Seth; Fore, Henrietta (26 April 2019). "Health for all". Science. 364 (6438): 309. Bibcode:2019Sci...364..309B. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.AAX7591. PMID 31023899. Wikidata ()
- Fore, Henrietta H (July 2020). "A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children's health and wellbeing". The Lancet Global Health. 8 (7): e861–e862. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30238-2. PMC 7217644. PMID 2405458. Wikidata ()
- Fore, Henrietta H; Dongyu, Qu; Beasley, David M; Ghebreyesus, Tedros A (August 2020). "Child malnutrition and COVID-19: the time to act is now". The Lancet. 396 (10250): 517–518. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31648-2. PMC 7384790. PMID 32730742. Wikidata ()
References[]
- ^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1991.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Baumberger Crane, Barbara (2020). "Interview with Henrietta Holsman Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF" (PDF). Wellesley Magazine.
- ^ "Henrietta H. Fore". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Nomination of Henrietta H. Fore To Be an Assistant Administrator at the Agency for International Development". George H.W. Bush Library & Museum. 3 October 1991.
- ^ "Henrietta Holsman Fore Sworn in as Director of U.S. Mint". usmint.gov. United States Mint. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Henrietta H. Fore biography". unicef.org. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Henrietta Fore becomes new UNICEF Executive Director". Unicef.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Henrietta Fore". academyofdiplomacy.org. The American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Co-Chairs and Trustees". Asiasociety.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Henrietta Fore". Ted.com. Ted Conference, LLC. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Henrietta H. Fore". unicef.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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