NEW YORK, 1 January 2018
– Henrietta Fore takes office today as UNICEF’s seventh Executive
Director. Ms. Fore brings to the role more than four decades of private
and public sector leadership experience.
“I am honored to be joining
such a remarkable organization, which I have known and admired for many
years, and look forward to continuing UNICEF’s work to help save
children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them realize their
potential,” Ms. Fore said.
United Nations
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Ms. Fore as UNICEF
Executive Director after consultation with UNICEF’s governing board.
Prior to taking up this
appointment Ms. Fore served as Chair of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment
company. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Fore, an American national, served as
both the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) and as Director of United States Foreign Assistance in the U.S.
State Department. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Fore was Under Secretary of
State for Management, the Chief Operating Officer for the U.S.
Department of State. Prior to that, she was the 37th Director of the
United States Mint, a position she held from 2001 to 2005. Earlier in
her career, at USAID, she was appointed as Assistant Administrator for
Asia and Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise (1989-1993). She
also served on the Boards of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
In addition to her Government
service, Ms. Fore has had leadership roles in a number of organizations
in civil society, including being Global Co-Chair of the Asia Society,
and associations with the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, the Aspen Institute, the Committee Encouraging Corporate
Philanthropy, and the Center for Global Development.
Ms. Fore has also had
leadership roles in the corporate sector, serving on the boards of a
number of U.S. and international public corporations, and being active
in promoting best practices in the corporate sector – including as
Co-Chair of Women Corporate Directors. Effective December 31, 2017 Ms.
Fore will have stepped down from all outside board engagements.
Ms. Fore has a Bachelor of
Arts in History from Wellesley College and a Master of Science in Public
Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She is married
and has four children.
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About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the
world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged
children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child,
everywhere, to build a better world for everyone. For more information
about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org.
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