Henrietta H. Fore has served as the administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) since November 2007. In this capacity, she concurrently serves as the director of US Foreign Assistance. Fore is also the first female administrator of USAID.

 

Fore has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Wellesley College 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.

 

Earlier in her career, Fore worked in the private sector, as chairman and president of Stockton Wire Products, a manufacturer and distributor of steel products, cement additives and wire building materials for the American and European construction industries. She served on the corporate boards of the Dexter Corporation and HSB Group Inc.

 

Fore was first appointed to USAID by President George H. W. Bush in 1989, serving as assistant administrator for private enterprise and then as assistant administrator for Asia. She left in 1993.

 

Fore joined the administration of George W. Bush in 2001 as director of the United States Mint in the Department of Treasury. She held this post until August 2005, when she was appointed Under Secretary of State for Management.

 

In addition to her government service, Fore has held leadership positions in numerous international non-profit organizations. She was a trustee and executive committee member at the Center of Strategic and International Studies; chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Executive Committee of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees; and trustee or director of the Asia Society, The Asia Foundation, The Institute of the Americas and the United States Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.

 

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