George W. Haley

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D

Alan Detheridge

Haley, Sullivan, and Detheridge to join Africare Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2006 — Africare announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors today: former Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia George W. Haley; President Emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan; and Vice President of Shell International Limited, Alan Detheridge. All three will join the Africare Board beginning January 2007.

The appointment marks Haley’s and Sullivan’s second term on the Board, and Detheridge’s first. Both Haley and Sullivan rotated off at the expiration of their terms in 2005.

"We are pleased to welcome two returning members to the Africare Board of Directors, as well as one new member from the private sector,” noted Africare Board Chairman, W. Frank Fountain. “Africare recognizes the growing importance of private sector contributions to the work of international development, and looks forward to working with a diverse and experienced board as it continues its work in Africa into 2007.”

The three new appointees bring extensive and diverse backgrounds in law, medicine, and international policy and business to the board.

George W. Haley served as Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia during the second term of the Clinton Administration. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and received his law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1952. Thereafter he served as Deputy City Attorney (1954–1964) and State Senator (1964–1968) before moving to D.C. and practicing transportation, corporate and international law as the president of George W. Haley, P.C. Ambassador Haley also served as Legal Advisor to the Economic Community of West African States from 1978 to 1984 and was appointed first by President George H.W. Bush and again by President Clinton to serve on several U.S. Presidential Delegations, including the delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In May 2000, Ambassador Haley received the “Hero In Law” award from the D.C. Bar Association.

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for President George H.W. Bush, where he was charged with monitoring the major health, food and drug safety, medical research and income security programs serving the American public. In 1993, he assumed the presidency of Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine: the school he in which he had played a founding role in 1981, when he served as the first dean and president. Dr. Sullivan stepped down in 2002, assuming the title of president emeritus. He was also the founding president of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools (AMHPS). Dr. Sullivan graduated from Morehouse College in 1954 and Boston University Medical School in 1958.

Alan Detheridge joins the Africare Board with a background in business and international relations. A graduate of Oxford University, Detheridge joined the Shell Group in 1977, where he currently serves as the Vice President of Shell International Limited. Detheridge is charged with managing Shell’s worldwide external relationships in exploration and product business. He is credited with initiating several large-scale partnerships with the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, UNAIDS, USAID and DFID, among others. He is a director of several Shell companies with investments in Africa and has a special interest in developing partnerships to tackle issues that face the developing world.

Africare thanks outgoing Board Members Lauretta Bruno, president and founding partner of Gramercy Partners, LLC, and Percy C. Wilson, president of the U.S. Africa Trade and Aid Link Corporation (UATALCO).Ms. Bruno and Mr. Wilson have been long time supporters of Africare’s work in Africa.

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