Constance Berry Newman
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Constance Ernestine Berry Newman (American, born on July 8, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from June 2004 - April 2005.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Early life
Constance Berry Newman is the daughter of a social worker and nurse. Her father was a physician.[1]
1951 High School Diploma Tuskegee Institute High School, located on the campus of the Tuskegee University, where she was an honor roll student and active in the Government Club.
[edit] Education
- 1956 B.S. Political Science, Bates College, Maine
- 1959 B.S. law, University of Minnesota Law School
[edit] Career
- 1962-1967 Clerk Typist, Personnel Assistant, and Personnel Manager with the United States Interior Department.
- 1967-1969 Office of Economic Development - worked with migrant farmers
- 1969-1971 Special Assistant to Elliott Richardson, who headed what is now known as the Department of Health and Human Services.
- 1971 appointed by former President Richard Nixon to serve as director of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), the domestic Peace Corps.
- 1973-1976 Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
- 1976-1977 Newman oversaw the consumer unit focused on Indian and elderly affairs as the Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1977 Co-founded Newman and Hermanson Company, a consulting firm specializing in the government regulatory procedures.
- 1982-1984 President of the Institute of American Business.
- 1984-1987 Private Consultant to on issues related to Africa, working on a World Bank project in which she lived and worked in the South African country of Lesotho.
- 1987-1988 Cooperative Housing Foundation consultant on a World Bank project in Lesotho to merge existing housing corporations into one that was structured to receive World Bank funding.
- 1989-1992 Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She began a serious undertaking of re-inventing of the OPM. She involved unions, the personnel community, managers' associations in strategic planning for federal human resources management. Also, she focused on civil servants' role in delivering critical public services. [2]
- 1992-2000 As Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, she was awarded the Joseph Henry Medal, the Smithsonian's highest award for recognition of her distinguished service, achievements and contributions to the prestige and growth of the Smithsonian Institution.[3]
- 1994-2000 Board Member and Vice Chair of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
- 1998-2001 Board Member of the International Republican Institute
- Nov. 2001-Jun 2004 Assistant Administrator for Africa of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is the government agency that administers economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide.
- In June 24, 2004 she was appointed U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs by President George W. Bush[4] She had a central role in several aspects of U.S. Africa policy. She helped determine that "genocide has been committed" in Sudan's Darfur region for Colin Powell's speech in September 2004. [5][6]
- April 2005 resigns and replaced by Jendayi Frazer [7]
[edit] Views
[edit] Speeches
- "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Peace Accords: One Year Later" House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa July 22, 2004
- "Saving the Congo Basin: The Stakes, The Plan" Before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa March 11, 2003
[edit] Awards
- The Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry Medal (2000)
- Washingtonian of the Year (1998)
- Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (1985)
- Doctor of Laws, Bates College (1972)
- Amherst College (1980)
- Central State University (1991)
[edit] References
[edit] Biographies
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Members, E2384 [20DE]
[edit] Remarks in House
District of Columbia: tribute to Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority board members, E2384 [20DE]
[edit] External references
- The History Makers Biography - Constance Berry Newman
- Department of State Biography
- Department of State Biography USAID
- Grave Humanitarian Crisis Worsening In Eastern Congo, Where 3.5m Have Already Perished Jill Sudhoff-Guerin allAfrica July 23, 2004
| Preceded by Walter H. Kansteiner, III |
United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs 2004 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Jendayi Frazer |
Newman, Constance Berry
