Henrietta Fore

Henrietta Holsman Fore is the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a manufacturing and investment company. The Holsman companies include the 68-year-old Stockton Products, a manufacturer and distributor of steel and wire products. Fore serves on the Corporate Boards of Essilor International SA (EN Paris: EI), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), General Mills (NYSE: GIS), and Theravance Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: TBPH).

Fore serves as Global Co-Chair of Asia Society and as Chair of the Middle East Investment Initiative. Fore is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She also serves on the Boards of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, Center for Global Development, and Initiative for Global Development. She is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, American Leadership for a WaterSecure World Campaign Cabinet, Chief Executives Organization, Committee of 200, Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club of New York, International Women's Forum, Wellesley College Business Leadership Council, WomenCorporateDirectors, and YPO/WPO.

From 2009 to 2015, Fore served as Co-Chair of WomenCorporateDirectors. From 2007 to 2009, Fore served as the 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. Fore was the first woman to serve in these roles. She was responsible for managing $39.5 billion of U.S. foreign assistance annually, including support to peoples and countries recovering from disaster, and building their futures economically, politically and socially. She served on the Boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fore received the Distinguished Service Award in 2009, the highest award the United States Secretary of State can bestow.

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