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Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 7, 2007


Appointment of Henrietta Holsman Fore as Acting Director of Foreign Assistance

The Secretary is appointing Undersecretary Henrietta Holsman Fore as acting Director of Foreign Assistance (F). This follows the White House announcement today that the President has designated Ms. Fore acting USAID Administrator and intends to nominate her for that post.

If confirmed by the Senate as USAID Administrator, Ms. Fore will concurrently hold that position as well as Director of Foreign Assistance on a continuing basis. This is in keeping with the foreign assistance reform Secretary Rice announced last year.

While Ms. Fore serves in these acting capacities, and until further notice, the Secretary is delegating authority to Assistant Secretary Maura Harty to assist Ms. Fore in carrying out the duties of Undersecretary for Management.

Henrietta Holsman Fore was sworn in as the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of State on August 2, 2005. Prior to her post at the Department of State, Ms. Fore was the 37th Director of the United States Mint. In addition to having extensive experience in the private sector, she has held presidential appointments within the U.S. Agency for International Development as Assistant Administrator for Asia (1991 – 1993) and Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise (1990 – 1991). Ms. Fore was a part of the founding group for the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, an innovative public-private partnership in 1989. In 1991, she founded the United States – Asia Environmental Partnership, a coalition of business, government and community organizations in the United States and 31 Asian nations. She served as its first chairman from 1991 to 1993.

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