Africare's Senior Vice President

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Jeannine B. Scott

Jeannine B. Scott has been the senior vice president of Africare since May 2003. Ms. Scott brings to the position over 23 years of experience in the field of African development, spanning the private, nonprofit, multilateral-agency and government sectors, both in the United States and abroad. As senior vice president, Scott is responsible for Africare's operations of over 200 projects, currently in some 25countries. She provides strategic guidance and direction to the organization.

Prior to joining Africare, Scott founded America to Africa Consulting, LLC, and provided business development and advisory services.

From 1998 to 2001, Scott held an appointment from the U.S. Department of Treasury as advisor and alternate to the U.S. executive director at the African Development Bank Group (ADB), where she helped to shape U.S. positions on Bank Group policy and programs. Before receiving this appointment, Scott served as a staff member of the African Development Bank (1992-1998). Initially, she worked on economic programs in Southern Africa, including special initiatives to promote cross-border trade and regional economic integration. Later, she worked on sustainable development issues, working with Bank management to shape its then-heightening focus on combating poverty while ensuring enhanced stakeholder participation and attention to gender and environment.

Scott's early professional career (1985-1992) was spent with Africare in several ascending capacities, beginning as a program manager at the headquarters in Washington, D.C.; and culminating with an appointment from 1990 to 1992 as country representative to Senegal, with simultaneous responsibilities in Mauritania, Cape Verde and The Gambia. She was officially recognized by the Government of Senegal for her service in 1992.

Ms. Scott holds an A.B. degree in political science and Africana studies from Vassar College and a master's degree in international relations from Yale University.

Ms. Scott's current memberships and affiliations include the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women's Foreign Policy Group, the Society for International Development, Women Impacting Public Policy, Women in International Security, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, UNIFEM and the National Association of Female Executives. She also serves as a Board or advisory member to the following organizations: North Carolina Central University, Howard University Law School's World Food Law Institute, Friends of the University of Johannesburg, the Center for Global Development's AfDB Working Group and the African-American Partnership for Global Enterprise and Commerce.

Scott lives in Washington, D.C.

 

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(Updated, Dec. 17, 2007)