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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Vice Chair:
Valerie L. Dickson-Horton
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development

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

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

Alexander B. Cummings, Jr.
President, Coca-Cola Africa

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

Luddy Hayden, Jr.
President, Luddy Hayden and Associates, LLC

Howard F. Jeter
President and CEO, The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation

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

C. Payne Lucas, Sr.*
Co-Founder and Former President, Africare

Philip W. Pillsbury, Jr.
U.S. Foreign Service Officer (Ret.)

Clyde B. Richardson
President and CEO, Loriche Productions

The Rev. Yvonne K. Seon, Ph.D.
Director, Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center, Wright State University

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

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

 

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, June 18, 2008)