Board of Directors

Honorary

Honorary Chairman:
Nelson R. Mandela

Honorary Vice Chair:
Maria Walker

Officers

Interim Chairman
Stephen D. Cashin
Chief Executive Officer, Pan African Capital Group, LLC
See Interim Chairman's bio

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

Other Directors

William Egbe
President, Coca-Cola South Africa

Peter Francis
President, Global Energy Consultants

Omari Issa
CEO, Investment Climate Facility for Africa

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

Callisto E. Madavo
Former Vice President, Africa, World Bank, Visiting Professor, African Studies Department, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Ann Walker-Marchant
Founder and CEO, Walker Marchant Group

Ambassador June Carter Perry
Board of Directors, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Foreign Service Institute
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Lesotho

Curtis Ransom
President/Owner, CERP Foods, Inc.

Shirley Sherrod
Executive Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc.

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

Ex-officio

Darius Mans
President, Africare

Emeriti

W. Frank Fountain
Former Chairman, Africare
Former Chairman, Walter P. Chrysler Museum Foundation

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.

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

*Life Members