Henrietta H. Fore Explained

Henrietta Fore
Office:Executive Director of UNICEF
1Blankname:Secretary General
1Namedata:António Guterres
Term Start:January 1, 2018
Term End:January 31, 2022
Predecessor:Tony Lake
Successor:Catherine M. Russell
Office1:15th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
President1:George W. Bush
Term Start1:November 17, 2007
Term End1:January 20, 2009
Predecessor1:Randall Tobias
Successor1:Raj Shah
Office2:13th Under Secretary of State for Management
President2:George W. Bush
Term Start2:August 2, 2005
Term End2:November 17, 2007
Predecessor2:Grant Green
Successor2:Patrick Kennedy
Office3:37th Director of the United States Mint
President3:George W. Bush
Term Start3:August 2001
Term End3:August 2, 2005
Predecessor3:Jay Johnson
Successor3:Edmund Moy
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse:Richard L. Fore
Children:4
Party:Republican
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. 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. 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.[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), 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.

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 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. She has one sister, Marta Babson. Fore is a Republican.[18]

Selected honors

Selected leadership and memberships

Selected works and publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-07-13 . UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore resigns 'with a heavy heart' . 2022-04-28 . UN News . en.
  2. News: Stevenson . Richard W. . 2001-08-04 . Treasury Nominees Confirmed After Trade Protest by Helms . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-28 . 0362-4331.
  3. Book: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. 1991. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. en.
  4. News: Baumberger Crane. Barbara. Interview with Henrietta Holsman Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF. Wellesley Magazine. 2020.
  5. Web site: UNHAPPY WITH EARLY AUTOS, ARCHITECT DESIGNED HIS OWN . 2022-04-28 . Chicago Tribune . 21 June 1998 . en.
  6. Web site: A Glimpse Inside Our Pebble Beach Experience – Holsman Automobile . 2022-04-28 . holsmanautomobiles.com.
  7. Web site: Noozhawk . Crane School Honors UNICEF Leader Henrietta Holsman Fore . 2022-04-28 . www.noozhawk.com . 7 October 2021 . en.
  8. Web site: Henrietta H. Fore. www.unicef.org. en. 2019-11-30. 2019-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191119163243/https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/henrietta-h-fore. dead.
  9. News: 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.
  10. Web site: Henrietta Holsman Fore Sworn in as Director of U.S. Mint . usmint.gov . United States Mint . 29 September 2019.
  11. Web site: Henrietta H. Fore biography . unicef.org . 29 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Henrietta Fore becomes new UNICEF Executive Director . Unicef.org . 1 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Message from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore to staff . 2022-02-01.
  14. Web site: UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director . 2022-04-28 . www.unicef.org . en.
  15. Web site: EQT Future strengthens Mission Board and installs seasoned bench of Impact Advisors . 2023-01-20 . eqtgroup.com. 26 July 2022 .
  16. Web site: 2022-06-21 . Imperative Care Appoints Henrietta Fore and Stacy Enxing Seng to Board of Directors . 2023-01-20 . www.businesswire.com . en.
  17. Web site: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Announces New Board Membership, Bringing Diverse Expertise to Independent Monitoring . 2023-01-20 . www.gpmb.org . en.
  18. Web site: Henrietta Holsman Fore . 2022-04-28 . www.nndb.com.
  19. Web site: 令和4年秋の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿. November 3, 2022. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
  20. Web site: 2021-08-01 . Distinguished Service Award - ACFR . 2023-01-20 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Dr. Anthony Fauci, WFP's David Beasley, UNICEF's Henrietta Fore Honored for Unwavering Commitment to U.S. Global Leadership on World AIDS Day . 2022-04-28 . USGLC . en-US.
  22. Web site: Inaugural CRDF Global Henrietta H. Fore Women in Science Fellowship to Advance Science Collaboration . 2022-04-28 . www.newswise.com . en.
  23. Web site: Henrietta Fore . academyofdiplomacy.org . The American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001034933/https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/henrietta-fore/ . dead .
  24. News: NMN . Fore given Hamilton Award . 2022-04-28 . Numismatic News . en.
  25. Web site: HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE SWORN IN AS DIRECTOR OF U.S. MINT . 2022-04-28 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.
  26. Web site: Henrietta Fore becomes new UNICEF Executive Director . 2023-01-20 . www.unicef.org . en.
  27. News: 2021-07-13 . UNICEF chief to step down after nearly four years in job . en . Reuters . 2023-01-20.
  28. Web site: USAID is foreign policy's best value . 2022-04-28 . POLITICO . 2 November 2011 . en.
  29. Web site: Henriette H. Fore to serve as board chair of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children End Violence . 2022-04-28 . End Violence Against Children . en.
  30. Web site: Board: Board of Directors . 2022-04-28 . Millennium Challenge Corporation . en.
  31. Web site: Henrietta Fore . 2022-04-28 . Varkey Foundation . en.
  32. Web site: Co-Chairs and Trustees . Asiasociety.org . 1 October 2019.
  33. Web site: Henrietta Fore . Ted.com . Ted Conference, LLC . 1 October 2019.
  34. Web site: Henrietta H. Fore . unicef.org . 1 October 2019 . 12 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412151310/https://www.unicef.org/media/henrietta-h-fore . dead .

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