The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has announced that it has appointed Kendra Gaither as President of the U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC).
Kendra succeeds outgoing USAfBC President Scott Eisner as he begins a new chapter as Senior Vice President at BGR Group.
Kendra joined the Chamber’s International Affairs team as a member of the Americas Department in 2015, where among other contributions she established the U.S.-Colombia Business Council and served as its founding Executive Director. She joined the Chamber from Carnegie Mellon University, where she was Executive Director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation and supported the establishment of the Carnegie Mellon University graduate campus in Kigali, Rwanda.
Kendra began her career as a U.S. diplomat, specializing in economic and trade issues in Latin America and Africa for over a decade. She holds a B.S. in economics from North Carolina A&T State University, and an M.A. in international affairs and an M.B.A. in international business finance from The George Washington University.
Kendra succeeds outgoing USAfBC President Scott Eisner as he begins a new chapter as Senior Vice President at BGR Group.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing companies of all sizes across every sector of the economy whose members range from the small businesses and local chambers of commerce that line the Main Streets of America to leading industry associations and large corporations.