U.S. Chamber of Commerce Names Kendra Gaither President of U.S.-Africa Enterprise Middle

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce at this time declares Kendra Gaither’s appointment as President of the U.S.-Africa Enterprise Middle (USAfBC).  

“What an honor to steer the U.S.-Africa Enterprise Middle and work with our members and companions to deepen the important industrial relationship between Africa and the USA,” mentioned Gaither.  “The Middle represents the enterprise neighborhood’s perception that there’s a possibility and an crucial to develop the U.S.-Africa commerce and funding partnership. I’m thrilled to work with our unbelievable staff to create circumstances for our private and non-private sector companions to develop and modernize industrial ties between the U.S. and the nations of Africa.” 

“The whole Chamber staff is delighted that Kendra will assume this management position with the usAfrica Enterprise Middle as we proceed to raise our engagement with companions throughout the continent,” mentioned John Murphy, U.S. Chamber Senior Vice President for Worldwide Coverage. “Kendra’s position has been important to the rising realization amongst American businessowners and CEOs that an funding in Africa is an funding in their very own future. She is a dynamic chief whose braveness, dedication, and imaginative and prescient for the U.S.-Africa financial relationship will take the Middle to new heights.” 

Kendra succeeds outgoing USAfBC President Scott Eisner as he begins a brand new chapter as Senior Vice President at BGR Group. “I’d additionally prefer to thank our good pal Scott Eisner, founding father of the U.S.-Africa Enterprise Middle, for his lengthy labors making the Middle into the preeminent voice for growing U.S.-Africa industrial ties,” mentioned Murphy. 

Kendra joined the Chamber’s Worldwide Affairs staff as a member of the Americas Division in 2015, the place amongst different contributions she established the U.S.-Colombia Enterprise Council and served as its founding Government Director.  She joined the Chamber from Carnegie Mellon College, the place she was Government Director of the Middle for Worldwide Coverage and Innovation and supported the institution of the Carnegie Mellon College graduate campus in Kigali, Rwanda.  

Kendra started her profession as a U.S. diplomat, specializing in financial and commerce points in Latin America and Africa for over a decade. She holds a B.S. in economics from North Carolina A&T State College, and an M.A. in worldwide affairs and an M.B.A. in worldwide enterprise finance from The George Washington College.