Hon. Henrietta Fore

The Honorable Henrietta Fore has worked to champion economic development, education and health, nutrition, water and energy infrastructure, in both humanitarian and disaster assistance and long-term development in all countries in the world.  She has served in both public and private sectors.  Most recently, she served as global Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2018 to 2022.  Programs include the world’s largest procurement and delivery of childhood and COVID vaccines and connecting every school and learner to distance learning and the internet.  

Prior to UNICEF, she served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company.  She also served as the first woman Administrator in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Director of United States Foreign Assistance and Under Secretary of State for Management in the U.S. Department of State; and Director of the United States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury.

In 2022, Ms. Fore joined the Boards of Imperative Care, a biotechnology company focused on strokes; EQT Future, an impact driven private capital fund; Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, for global heath crises; the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and her private companies in manufacturing, agriculture, and a growth impact fund. 

Previously, Ms. Fore served on corporate boards and nonprofit boards including Asia Society, Aspen Institute, Middle East Investment Initiative and Women Corporate Directors.