The obvious problem is that the Board is comprised of all former government officials. It is headed by a former national security advisor who helped establish the Millenium Challenge Corp. which says quite a bit about the Fund’s priorities. The Board also includes Bush’ s former head of the USAID, an agency that did about as much as possible to screw up pre-earthquake Haiti, including the coup against President Aristide.
And, on top of all this, did they have to appoint former Republican Senator, Dr. Bill Frist, as well?
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush put together team to oversee Haiti aid fund
By Philip Rucker
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush announced late Tuesday that they have appointed a six-member board of former Democratic and Republican senior government officials to oversee the humanitarian fund the presidents established in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti.
Clinton and Bush have tapped Gary Edson, who served as Bush’s deputy national security adviser and helped establish the anti-poverty Millennium Challenge Corporation, as chief executive officer of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
Edson will be joined by a board of directors made up of longtime advisers and allies of both presidents.
The presidents said more than 200,000 individuals have donated over $36 million to the fund since President Obama asked them to lead the nation’s long-term humanitarian response to the earthquake. The fund has allocated millions to relief groups providing medical care and supplies, mobile clinics, water purification, hygiene kits, education assistance and recovery supplies to quake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Saint Martin and Martissant.
Edson and the board will oversee the fund’s strategy and processes, including fundraising and cash disbursements.
“We are pleased to appoint a board of bipartisan, distinguished leaders whose experience in past disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts will ensure the effective operation of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and the strategic allocation of its resources to have the greatest impact on the lives of the Haitian people,” Clinton said in a statement. “Their service and dedication will help President Bush and me continue to support the people of Haiti as they build back better in the months and years to come.”
Bush added: “I am pleased that such a distinguished group of individuals has agreed to serve. I thank them for donating their time and talents to this worthy cause. This group will ensure that our fundraising efforts remain strong, and that the money is spent on successful programs that build a better future for the Haitian people.”
The six board members are:
• Laura Graham, a former Clinton administration official and chief operating officer for the William J. Clinton Foundation, who will serve as a Board Co-Chair.
• Joshua Bolten, former White House chief of staff to Bush and currently a visiting professor at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, who will serve as a Board Co-Chair.
• Bruce Lindsey, a former Clinton administration official and currently chief executive officer of the Clinton Foundation.
• Dr. Bill Frist, former Republican Senate majority leader, a professor at Vanderbilt University, a partner at Cressey & Company in Chicago, and chairman of Hope Through Healing Hands.
• Henrietta Fore, former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development under Bush and chairman and chief executive officer of Holsman International, an investment and management company.
• Alexis Herman, former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration and currently chief executive officer of New Ventures, LLC.
By Philip Rucker | March 9, 2010; 7:00 PM ET
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ansel
March 10, 2010
Keep up the good blogging. I’m an independent journalist in Haiti who is subscribed to your blog. You might be interested in this report:
http://www.mediahacker.org/2010/03/haut-turgeau-haiti-the-camp-that-vanished/
magbana
March 10, 2010
Hi Ansel, I have posted your article to my blog — very interesting article and very typical behavior of the Catholic Church. Concerning the boy with whom you ended the story, it will not be long before he jumps at the chance to go to the provinces. I am so very sorry for him. The distinct intention is to make poor Haitians as miserable as possible in Port-au-Prince so that they will be willing to go to the provinces. The provinces, suffering from institutional neglect, massive deforestation, draconian US trade and political policies will offer little and it will all become a huge bantustan. Then, I think they will start to import workers from the Phillpines, Indonesia, etc. for the Port-au-Prince factories and treat them like slave labor as they are treated in most countries where they work. The advantage of not having Haitian labor is that there will be NO protests of a political nature. The Catholic Church is vital to making this whole plan work. You can’t have the Haitian National Police and UN “peacekeepers” taking folks out at gunpoint (well, actually, that will happen, in the dark of night) because this cannot look to the world like a “Trail of Tears.” The Catholic Church is going to help with the “this is God’s plan” end of things.
Sorry, to go on, but this is an issue I’ve been worried about for a while. Thanks again for your article.
Here’s the URL for your article on my blog.
LAVALAS1
March 13, 2010
No way men. we will fight to the end