Henrietta H. Fore

Fore was born in Chicago, Illinois.{{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}} Her mother was from Switzerland. Her father served the military during World War I.{{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}} Her grandfather is turn of the century architect Henry K. Holsman, inventor of the Holsman Automobile (1902-1911).{{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}}{{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}}

Fore grew up in Santa Barbara, California and attended Crane Country Day School{{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}} 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 B.A. in history, economics, and art from Wellesley College. In 1975, she received a M.S. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado.{{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}} In 1986, she studied international politics at the University of Oxford.

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. From 1977 to 1989, she was president and director of Stockton Wire Products in Burbank, California. From 1981 to 1989, she was president and the chairman of the board of Pozacorp, Inc. in Burbank, California.{{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}}

File:Secretary Pompeo meets with Ms. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF (46857441654).jpg Michael R. Pompeo at the 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

From May 2007 to January 2009, Fore served as the 13th 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.

In January 2018, Fore was appointed as the executive director of UNICEF by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.{{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}} As part of this position, Fore has worked in collaboration with GAVI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization, among others, to facilitate vaccination to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Fore resigned in July 2021 to attend to her husband’s serious health issue but offered to stay on until her successor was recruited.{{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}} Her successor, Catherine M. Russell, assumed office on February 1, 2022.{{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}}

Fore is the Chairman and CEO of Holsman International; Chairman and Owner of Stockton Products and Vincenza; and Chairman and Managing Partner of Seaward International Company. She is a Mission Board Member of EQT Future Fund;{{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 }} Director of Imperative Care;{{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}} Board Trustee of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and a Board Member of Global Preparedness Monitoring Board,{{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}} co-convened by the World Bank Group and WHO.

Fore lives in Nevada with her husband Richard L. Fore, who has four children. She has one sister, Marta Babson. Fore is a Republican.{{Cite web |title=Henrietta Holsman Fore |url=https://www.nndb.com/people/370/000134965/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.nndb.com}}

• 2022: File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg Emperor of Japan, Imperial Palace Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun{{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}}
• 2022: American Committees on Foreign Relations Distinguished Service Award for the Advancement of Public Discourse on Foreign Policy{{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}}
• 2020: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Leadership Award{{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}}
• 2013: CRDF Global’s George Brown Award for International Scientific Cooperation{{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}}
• 2009: United States Secretary of State, Distinguished Service Award{{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 }}
• 2005: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton Award{{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}}
• 1997: State of the World Forum, Women Redefining Leadership Award{{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}}

• 2022–present: GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion (New York)
• 2022–present: EQT Future Fund, Mission Board Member
• 2022–present: Imperative Care, Director
• 2022–present, 2009-2017: Seaward International Company, Chairman and CEO
• 2022–present, 1995-2017: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Board Trustee
• 2022–present, 1993-2017: Holsman International, Chairman and CEO
• 2022–present, 1977-2017: Stockton Products, President and Director
• 2020–present: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, co-convened by the World Bank and WHO
• 2018-2022: UNICEF, Executive Director{{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}}{{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}}
• 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{{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}}
• 2018-2021: End Violence Against Children, Chair{{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}}
• 2016-2017: 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
• 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
• 2009-2015: WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (New York), Global Co-chair
• 2007-2009: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Board Member{{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}}
• 2007-2009: Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Board Member{{Cite web |title=Henrietta Fore |url=https://www.globaleducationseries.org/person/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Varkey Foundation |language=en}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• 1993-2017: Asia Society, Co-chair, Global Board of Directors{{cite web |title=Co-Chairs and Trustees |url=https://asiasociety.org/about/co-chairs-and-trustees |website=Asiasociety.org |access-date=1 October 2019}}
• 1993-2017: The Aspen Institute, Board Trustee{{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}}
• 1993-2017: Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Board Member{{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 }}
• 1987-1989: Water Quality Management, Board Member
• 1987: Stanford Graduate School of Business, Board Governance
• 1981-1989: Pozacorp, Inc., Chairman of the Board
• 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
• YPO/WPO, Member

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• {{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}}

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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]
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