Alonzo Fulgham
Alonzo Fulgham is an international development strategist and business execuitve. He served as the former Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Early life and education
Alonzo grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston and graduated from Hyde Park High School in Boston. He was a stand-out varsity athlete and graduated in 1976. After high school he attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in business and economics and in 2001 obtained a Master of Arts from the National Defense University[1] in Washington, DC.
Career
On January 27, 2009, Fulgham was appointed by President Barack Obama as Acting Administrator of USAID, replacing Henrietta Fore. Prior to this appointment, from 2006 to 2009 served as Chief Operating Officer of USAID.
Following his departure from USAID he served as Vice President to International Relief and Development (IRD). IRD is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization responsible for implementing relief stabilization and development programs worldwide. During his tenure at IRD, Fulgham was responsible for execution and strategic business initiatives that cut across IRD’s operations, program development and emerging business services areas.
In July 2012, Fulgham was named Vice President for Strategy and Sustainable International Development at CH2M HILL. While there, Fulgham was responsible for advancing the firms business interests in energy, infrastructure, water and environmental development with strategic partners in the Asia-Pacific and African regions. Fulgham served in this capacity until late 2015. He continued to work with the CH2M organization as a consultant for several months thereafter.
In mid-2016, Alonzo Fulgham was named President of the Dutch firm Galileo Energy Partners, BV. Galileo Energy Partners, BV (GEP), is an integrated development and investment company focused on the energy and mining sectors in Africa (See www.galileoenergy.partners ). GEP, along with its affiliated companies and joint venture partners, is a trader in crude oil and refined products; a developer of large scale electrical power projects, and an investor in oil, gas, mining and power assets throughout Africa
Family: Alonzo Fulgham has been living in the Northern Virginia area with his 3 children and wife.
References
- ^ Boston Sunday Globe, Foreign Service Worker Inspired by Childhood in Boston, July 3, 2005.