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Board of Directors

Honorary

Honorary Chairman:
Nelson R. Mandela

Honorary Vice Chair:
Maria Walker

 

Officers

Chairman
W. Frank Fountain
Chairman, Walter P. Chrysler Museum Foundation and
Advisor to Chrysler LLC
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Vice Chair
Larry D. Bailey
President, LDB Consulting

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

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)

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

Mosina H. Jordan
Former Ambassador to the Central African Republic
Former Counselor to USAID

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

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

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

Rodney E. Slater
Partner, Patton Boggs LLP
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation

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 Jr., Ph.D.
Former Ambassador to Costa Rica
Chairman, American Chemical Services Company

Zouera Youssoufou
International Finance Corporation

 

Ex-officio

Darius Mans
President, Africare

 

Emeriti

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

Donald F. McHenry
Former Chairman, Africare
President, IRC Group
Former U.S. Representative to the U.N.

 

*Life members of the Africare Board

 

(Updated, January 2010)