USAID Weekly
ISSUE XVII • November 16, 2007
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USAID Administrator Confirmed by U.S. Senate
Earlier this week, Henrietta H. Fore was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID.) She concurrently assumes the position of Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance. She was designated by President Bush as Acting Administrator of USAID and by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as Acting Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance on May 7, 2007.
Fore is the first female Administrator of USAID and is responsible for managing U.S. foreign assistance, including support to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty and engaging in democratic reforms. She oversees a staff of approximately 8,000, of whom more than 75 percent of are working overseas in USAID field offices.
Prior to this appointment, Fore served as the Undersecretary for Management in the U.S. Department of State from August 2005 to November 2007, and as the Director of the U.S. Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury from August 2001 to August 2005. In addition, she served as a Presidential appointee at USAID from 1989 to1993, first as Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise and then Assistant Administrator for Asia. During this period, she founded and served as the first Chairman of the United States Asia Environmental Partnership, a coalition of business, government and community organizations in the United States and 31 Asian nations. Fore was also a founder of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps.
Earlier in her career, Fore ran her own company and served as Chairman and President of Stockton Wire Products, a manufacturer and distributor of steel products, cement additives and wire building materials for the U.S. and European construction industry. In addition, she served on the Corporate Boards of the Dexter Corporation and HSB Group Inc.
Fore has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She has also studied International Politics at Oxford University and studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She is married and lives in Washington, D.C. and Nevada.
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Global Development Commons
Administrator Fore has launched a bold initiative on the Global Development Commons (GDC). This initiative will bring together the ground-breaking changes taking place in development with the rapid advancements in information technology and communication...
Administrator Fore addresses National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
“I know that NASULGC has recently embarked on a major initiative to expand human and institutional capacity in Africa by building and strengthening partnerships between African and U.S. universities. This is consistent with what we want to do at USAID and we look forward to working with you and others …”
Telling Our Story
Senegal Community Swaps Trash Dump for Park
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Photo: USAID/Richard Nyberg |
“Young people used to take drugs here, but now with a business open and a park with benches, people can now meet in a clean environment to eat in peace and talk,” said Pape Mesta Anne, a local government official.
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