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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Henrietta Fore
| image               = Henrietta H. Fore.jpg
| caption             = Henrietta H. Fore
| office              = Executive Director of [[UNICEF]]
| 1blankname          = Secretary General
| 1namedata           = [[António Guterres]]
| term_start          = January 1, 2018
| term_end            = January 31, 2022
| predecessor         = [[Anthony Lake|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 L. Tobias|Randall Tobias]]
| successor1          = [[Rajiv Shah|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 S. Green Jr.|Grant Green]]
| successor2          = [[Patrick F. Kennedy|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 W. Johnson|Jay Johnson]]
| successor3          = [[Edmund C. Moy|Edmund Moy]]
| birth_date          = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1948|12|9}}}}
| birth_place         = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| spouse              = Richard L. Fore
| children            = 4
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education           = [[Wellesley College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Northern Colorado]] ([[Master of Public Policy|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore resigns 'with a heavy heart' |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/07/1095812 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=UN News |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevenson |first=Richard W. |date=2001-08-04 |title=Treasury Nominees Confirmed After Trade Protest by Helms |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/04/business/treasury-nominees-confirmed-after-trade-protest-by-helms.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was the presidential appointee for President [[George H. W. Bush]] at the [[U.S. Agency for International Development|United States Agency for International Development]].
== Early life and education ==
Fore was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtPUkQY6V1oC&q=Henrietta+H.+Fore+born+in+chicago&pg=PA1392|title=Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents|date=1991|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|language=en}}</ref> Her mother was from Switzerland. Her father served the military during [[World War I]].<ref name=2020-Wellsley-Interview>{{cite news|last1=Baumberger Crane|first1=Barbara|title=Interview with Henrietta Holsman Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF|url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1589466741/wellesleyedu/kqcj00jcnjonsdzwatc5/ForeInterview.pdf|work=Wellesley Magazine|date=2020}}</ref> Her grandfather is turn of the century architect [[Henry K. Holsman]], inventor of the [[Holsman Automobile Company|Holsman Automobile]] (1902-1911).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=UNHAPPY WITH EARLY AUTOS, ARCHITECT DESIGNED HIS OWN |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-21-9806210088-story.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Chicago Tribune |date=21 June 1998 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Glimpse Inside Our Pebble Beach Experience – Holsman Automobile |url=https://holsmanautomobiles.com/a-glimpse-inside-our-pebble-beach-experience/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=holsmanautomobiles.com}}</ref>
Fore grew up in [[Santa Barbara, California]] and attended Crane Country Day School<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noozhawk |title=Crane School Honors UNICEF Leader Henrietta Holsman Fore |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/article/crane_school_honors_unicef_leader_henrietta_holsman_fore |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.noozhawk.com |date=7 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in history, economics, and art from [[Wellesley College]].<ref name="2020-Wellsley-Interview" /> In 1975, she received a [[Master of Science|M.S.]] in public administration from the [[University of Northern Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/henrietta-h-fore|title=Henrietta H. Fore|website=www.unicef.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30|archive-date=2019-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119163243/https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/henrietta-h-fore|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=2020-Wellsley-Interview /> From 1977 to 1989, she was president and director of Stockton Wire Products in Burbank, California.<ref name="1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment" /> From 1981 to 1989, she was president and the chairman of the board of Pozacorp, Inc. in [[Burbank, California]].<ref name=1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment>{{cite news|title=Nomination of Henrietta H. Fore To Be an Assistant Administrator at the Agency for International Development|url=https://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/3465|work=George H.W. Bush Library & Museum|date=3 October 1991}}</ref>
[[File:Secretary Pompeo meets with Ms. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF (46857441654).jpg|left|thumb|Fore meets with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo|Michael R. Pompeo]] at the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]] in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2019.]]
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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrietta Holsman Fore Sworn in as Director of U.S. Mint |url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/20010807-henrietta-holsman-fore-sworn-in-as-director-of-us-mint |website=usmint.gov |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrietta H. Fore biography |url=https://www.unicef.org/about/who/media_102364.html |website=unicef.org |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>
From May 2007 to January 2009, Fore served as the 13th Administrator of the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID),<ref name=1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment /> 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, [[António Guterres|Antonio Guterres]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrietta Fore becomes new UNICEF Executive Director |url=https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/henrietta-fore-becomes-new-unicef-executive-director |website=Unicef.org |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> As part of this position, Fore has worked in collaboration with [[GAVI]], [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations|Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)]], and the [[World Health Organization]], among others, to facilitate vaccination to combat the [[COVID-19]] global pandemic.<ref name=2020-Wellsley-Interview />
Fore resigned in July 2021 to attend to her husband’s serious health issue but offered to stay on until her successor was recruited.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore to staff |url=https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/message-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-staff-0 |access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> Her successor, [[Catherine M. Russell]], assumed office on February 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director |url=https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-welcomes-announcement-next-executive-director-0 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.unicef.org |language=en}}</ref>
Fore is the Chairman and CEO of Holsman International; Chairman and Owner of Stockton Products<ref name="1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment" /> and Vincenza; and Chairman and Managing Partner of Seaward International Company. She is a Mission Board Member of EQT Future Fund;<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=EQT Future strengthens Mission Board and installs seasoned bench of Impact Advisors |url=https://eqtgroup.com/news/2022/eqt-future-strengthens-mission-board-and-installs-seasoned-bench-of-impact-advisors/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=eqtgroup.com|date=26 July 2022 }}</ref> Director of Imperative Care;<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Imperative Care Appoints Henrietta Fore and Stacy Enxing Seng to Board of Directors |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220621005187/en/Imperative-Care-Appoints-Henrietta-Fore-and-Stacy-Enxing-Seng-to-Board-of-Directors |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref> Board Trustee of [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS); and a Board Member of Global Preparedness Monitoring Board,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Announces New Board Membership, Bringing Diverse Expertise to Independent Monitoring |url=https://www.gpmb.org/news/news/item/30-09-2022-global-preparedness-monitoring-board-announces-new-board-membership-bringing-diverse-expertise-to-independent-monitoring |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.gpmb.org |language=en}}</ref> co-convened by the [[World Bank Group]] and [[World Health Organization|WHO]].
==Personal life==
Fore lives in Nevada with her husband Richard L. Fore, who has four children.<ref name=2020-Wellsley-Interview /> She has one sister, Marta Babson.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Fore is a Republican.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henrietta Holsman Fore |url=https://www.nndb.com/people/370/000134965/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.nndb.com}}</ref>
==Selected honors==
* 2022: [[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|55px|ribbon bar]] Emperor of Japan, Imperial Palace [[Order of the Rising Sun|''Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun'']]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100415155.pdf|title= 令和4年秋の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿|access-date= November 3, 2022|work= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>
* 2022: American Committees on Foreign Relations ''Distinguished Service Award for the Advancement of Public Discourse on Foreign Policy''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-01 |title=Distinguished Service Award - ACFR |url=https://acfr.org/annual-conference/distinguished-service-award/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2020: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition ''Leadership Award''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci, WFP's David Beasley, UNICEF's Henrietta Fore Honored for Unwavering Commitment to U.S. Global Leadership on World AIDS Day |url=https://www.usglc.org/newsroom/dr-anthony-fauci-wfps-david-beasley-unicefs-henrietta-fore-honored-for-unwavering-commitment-to-u-s-global-leadership-on-world-aids-day/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=USGLC |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2013: CRDF Global’s ''George Brown Award'' for International Scientific Cooperation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inaugural CRDF Global Henrietta H. Fore Women in Science Fellowship to Advance Science Collaboration |url=https://www.newswise.com/articles/inaugural-crdf-global-henrietta-h-fore-women-in-science-fellowship-to-advance-science-collaboration |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.newswise.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 2009: [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Secretary's Distinguished Service Award|Distinguished Service Award]]<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Henrietta Fore |url=https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/henrietta-fore/ |website=academyofdiplomacy.org |publisher=The American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) |access-date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001034933/https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/henrietta-fore/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2005: U.S. Department of the Treasury, ''Alexander Hamilton Award''<ref>{{Cite news |last=NMN |title=Fore given Hamilton Award |url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/archive/fore-given-hamilton-award |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Numismatic News |language=en}}</ref>
* 1997: State of the World Forum, ''Women Redefining Leadership Award''<ref>{{Cite web |title=HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE SWORN IN AS DIRECTOR OF U.S. MINT |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/po542 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref>
==Selected leadership and memberships==
* 2022–present: GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion (New York)
* 2022–present: EQT Future Fund, Mission Board Member<ref name=":2" />
* 2022–present: Imperative Care, Director<ref name=":3" />
* 2022–present, 2009-2017: Seaward International Company, Chairman and CEO
* 2022–present, 1995-2017: [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS), Board Trustee<ref name="Henrietta Fore" />
* 2022–present, 1993-2017: Holsman International, Chairman and CEO
* 2022–present, 1977-2017: Stockton Products, President and Director<ref name="1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment" />
* 2020–present: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board,<ref name=":5" /> co-convened by the [[World Bank]] and [[World Health Organization|WHO]]
* 2018-2022: UNICEF, Executive Director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henrietta Fore becomes new UNICEF Executive Director |url=https://www.unicef.org/turkiye/en/node/2436 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.unicef.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-07-13 |title=UNICEF chief to step down after nearly four years in job |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/unicef-chief-step-down-after-nearly-four-years-job-2021-07-13/ |access-date=2023-01-20}}</ref>
* 2018-2022: Chief Executives Board of the United Nations, Secretariat for the U.N. Secretary-General NY
* 2018-2022: Global Leadership Council Generation Unlimited, Co-Chair<ref>{{Cite web |title=USAID is foreign policy's best value |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/11/usaid-is-foreign-policys-best-value-067453 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=POLITICO |date=2 November 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2018-2021: End Violence Against Children, Chair<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henriette H. Fore to serve as board chair of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children {{!}} End Violence |url=https://www.end-violence.org/articles/henriette-h-fore-serve-board-chair-global-partnership-end-violence-against-children |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=End Violence Against Children |language=en}}</ref>
* 2016-2017: [[Essilor|Essilor International S.A.]], Executive Officers & Remuneration Committee and Strategic Committee
* 2015-2017: Middle East Investment Initiative, Chair of the Board of Directors
* 2014-2017: Initiative for Global Development, Director, Chair
* 2014-2017: [[General Mills]], Governance Committee and Public Responsibility Committee
* 2012-2017: [[ExxonMobil]], Audit Committee and Finance Committee<ref name=":4" />
* 2011-2017: Center for Global Development, Director
* 2010-2017: [[Committee for Economic Development]], Trustee
* 2010-2017: Theravance Biopharma US, Inc., Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee<ref name=":4" />
* 2009-2015: WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (New York), Global Co-chair<ref name=":4" />
* 2007-2009: [[Millennium Challenge Corporation]], Board Member<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board: Board of Directors |url=https://www.mcc.gov/about/org-unit/board-of-directors |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Millennium Challenge Corporation |language=en}}</ref>
* 2007-2009: [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], Board Member<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henrietta Fore |url=https://www.globaleducationseries.org/person/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Varkey Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
* 1993-2017: [[Asia Society]], Co-chair, Global Board of Directors<ref>{{cite web |title=Co-Chairs and Trustees |url=https://asiasociety.org/about/co-chairs-and-trustees |website=Asiasociety.org |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
* 1993-2017: [[The Aspen Institute]], Board Trustee<ref name="Henrietta Fore">{{cite web |title=Henrietta Fore |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/henrietta_fore |website=Ted.com |publisher=Ted Conference, LLC |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
* 1993-2017: Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Board Member<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrietta H. Fore |url=https://www.unicef.org/media/henrietta-h-fore |website=unicef.org |access-date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412151310/https://www.unicef.org/media/henrietta-h-fore |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1987-1989: Water Quality Management, Board Member<ref name="1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment" />
* 1987: [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]], Board Governance
* 1981-1989: Pozacorp, Inc., Chairman of the Board<ref name=1991-HWBush-AID-Reappointment />
* [[American Academy of Diplomacy]], Member
* American Leadership for a WaterSecure World Campaign Cabinet, Member
* Chief Executives Organization, Member
* [[Committee of 200]], Member
* [[Council on Foreign Relations]], Member
* [[Economic Club of New York]], Member
* [[International Women's Forum]], Member
* Wellesley College Business Leadership Council, Member
* [[Young Presidents' Organization|YPO]]/WPO, Member
==Selected works and publications==
{{Scholia|author}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Ghebreyesus|first1=Tedros Adhanom|last2=Fore|first2=Henrietta|last3=Birtanov|first3=Yelzhan|last4=Jakab|first4=Zsuzsanna|title=Primary health care for the 21st century, universal health coverage, and the Sustainable Development Goals|journal=The Lancet|date=October 2018|volume=392|issue=10156|pages=1371–1372|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32556-X|pmid=30343843|doi-access=free}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q57808629|y}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Berkley|first1=Seth|last2=Fore|first2=Henrietta|title=Health for all|journal=Science|date=26 April 2019|volume=364|issue=6438|pages=309|doi=10.1126/SCIENCE.AAX7591|pmid=31023899|bibcode=2019Sci...364..309B|doi-access=free}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q91523307|y}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Fore|first1=Henrietta H|title=A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children's health and wellbeing|journal=The Lancet Global Health|date=July 2020|volume=8|issue=7|pages=e861–e862|doi=10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30238-2|pmid=2405458|url= |pmc=7217644|doi-access=free}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q94673133|y}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Fore|first1=Henrietta H|last2=Dongyu|first2=Qu|last3=Beasley|first3=David M|last4=Ghebreyesus|first4=Tedros A|title=Child malnutrition and COVID-19: the time to act is now|journal=The Lancet|date=August 2020|volume=396|issue=10250|pages=517–518|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31648-2|pmid=32730742|url= |pmc=7384790|doi-access=free}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q98171145|y}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011025008/http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/bios/bio_hfore.html USAID biography]
* [https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/50870.html State Department biography]
* {{C-SPAN|18377}}
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