Board of Directors

Honorary

Honorary Chairman:
Nelson R. Mandela

Honorary Vice Chair:
Maria Walker

 

Officers

Chairman:
W. Frank Fountain
President, The Chrysler Foundation
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Treasurer:
Barbara A. McKinzie
National President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Secretary:
Joseph C. Kennedy, Ph.D.*
Co-Founder and Former Senior Vice President, Africare

 

Other Directors

Lauretta J. Bruno
President and Founding Partner, Gramercy Partners LLC

Stephen D. Cashin
Chief Executive Officer, Pan African Capital Group, LLC

Alexander B. Cummings, Jr.
Chief Administrative Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Alice M. Dear
President, A.M. Dear & Associates

Alan Detheridge
Associate Director, The Partnering Initiative
Former Vice President, External Affairs, Shell International Limited

William H. Frist, Sr., M.D.
Former U.S. Senator (Tennessee)

George W. Haley
Former U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia

Howard F. Jeter
Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria

Gail Koff Esq.
Founder & Managing Partner, Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices

Ambassador Mosina H. Jordan
Former Counselor to USAID

William O. Kirker, M.D.*
Co-Founder and Former President, Africare

C. Payne Lucas, Sr.*
President Emeritus, Africare

Rodney E. Slater
Partner, Patton Boggs LLP

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

F. Euclid Walker
Managing Director and Founder, Renascent Capital Group, LLC

Curtin Winsor, Ph.D.
Chairman, American Chemical Services Company

Zouera Youssoufou
Program Manager- GEM
International Finance Corporation

 

Ex-officio

Julius E. Coles
President, Africare

 

Emeriti

George A. Dalley, Esq.
Former Chairman, Africare
Counsel, Congressman Charles B. Rangel



Donald F. McHenry
Former Chairman, Africare
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
Former U.S. Representative to the U.N.

 

*Life members of the Africare Board

 

(Updated, January 22, 2009)