American government official
Henrietta Fore
Henrietta H. Fore
In office January 1, 2018 – January 31, 2022Secretary General
António Guterres Preceded by
Tony Lake Succeeded by
Catherine M. Russell In office November 17, 2007 – January 20, 2009President
George W. Bush Preceded by
Randall Tobias Succeeded by
Raj Shah In office August 2, 2005 – November 17, 2007President George W. Bush Preceded by
Grant Green Succeeded by
Patrick Kennedy In office August 2001 – August 2, 2005President George W. Bush Preceded by
Jay Johnson Succeeded by
Edmund Moy
Born (1948-12-09 ) December 9, 1948 (age 75)
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 .
Early life and education
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 .
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.
[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]
Fore meets with
U.S. Secretary of State
Michael R. Pompeo at the
U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2019.
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 .
Personal life
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]
Selected honors
Selected leadership and memberships
2022–present: GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion (New York)
2022–present: EQT Future Fund, Mission Board Member
[15]
2022–present: Imperative Care, Director
[16]
2022–present, 2009-2017: Seaward International Company, Chairman and CEO
2022–present, 1995-2017:
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Board Trustee
[26]
2022–present, 1993-2017: Holsman International, Chairman and CEO
2022–present, 1977-2017: Stockton Products, President and Director
[9]
2020–present: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board,
[17] co-convened by the
World Bank and
WHO
2018-2022: UNICEF, Executive Director
[27]
[28]
2018-2022: Chief Executives Board of the United Nations, Secretariat for the U.N. Secretary-General NY
2018-2022: Global Leadership Council Generation Unlimited, Co-Chair
[29]
2018-2021: End Violence Against Children, Chair
[30]
2016-2017:
Essilor International S.A. , Executive Officers & Remuneration Committee and Strategic Committee
2015-2017: Middle East Investment Initiative, Chair of the Board of Directors
2014-2017: Initiative for Global Development, Director, Chair
2014-2017:
General Mills , Governance Committee and Public Responsibility Committee
2012-2017:
ExxonMobil , Audit Committee and Finance Committee
[23]
2011-2017: Center for Global Development, Director
2010-2017:
Committee for Economic Development , Trustee
2010-2017: Theravance Biopharma US, Inc., Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee
[23]
2009-2015: WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (New York), Global Co-chair
[23]
2007-2009:
Millennium Challenge Corporation , Board Member
[31]
2007-2009:
Overseas Private Investment Corporation , Board Member
[32]
1993-2017:
Asia Society , Co-chair, Global Board of Directors
[33]
1993-2017:
The Aspen Institute , Board Trustee
[26]
1993-2017: Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Board Member
[34]
1987-1989: Water Quality Management, Board Member
[9]
1987:
Stanford Graduate School of Business , Board Governance
1981-1989: Pozacorp, Inc., Chairman of the Board
[9]
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
Wellesley College Business Leadership Council, Member
YPO /WPO, Member
Selected works and publications
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 ()
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