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Office of Private Sector Outreach
Partnerships
  

Partnerships

Since creating the Office of Private Sector Outreach, we have leveraged nearly $1 billion by creating partnerships with companies, foundations, and NGOs to to empower women business leaders, provide much needed humanitarian relief, strengthen international education, encourage health advocacy, and promote social and economic development throughout the world.  A few of these partnerships include:

 
Mrs. Bush meets with Assistant Secretary Dina Powell and participants in 2006 FORTUNE/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership at White House May 1, 2006. White House photo

The Fortune/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership

Mrs. Bush meets with then-Assistant Secretary of State Dina Powell and participants in the 2006 "FORTUNE/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership" at the White House on May 1, 2006. White House photo.
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Secretary Rice delivers remarks at the Private Sector Summit on Public Diplomacy on January 10, 2007. State Dept. photo.

The Private Sector Summit on Public Diplomacy

Secretary Rice delivers remarks at the Private Sector Summit on Public Diplomacy on January 10, 2007. State Dept. photo.
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Under Secretary Karen P. Hughes led a delegation of U.S. college and university presidents to Mumbai and New Delhi, India in March 2007. State Dept. photo.

U.S. University Presidents’ Summit and Higher Education Initiative

Under Secretary Karen P. Hughes led a delegation of U.S. college and university presidents to Mumbai and New Delhi, India in March 2007. State Dept. photo.

 


 

Mrs. Bush and and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder Nancy Brinker meet with participants of the U.S. – Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Research, June 12, 2006. White House photo.

U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research
Mrs. Bush and and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder Nancy Brinker meet with participants of the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Research and Awareness at the Susan G. Komen Foundation Mission Conference, June 12, 2006. White House photo.
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Secretary Rice, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, and leaders of the Partnership for Lebanon initiative at the Lebanon Donor’s Conference in Paris, France on January 25, 2007. State Dept. photo.

Partnership for Lebanon 
Secretary Rice, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, and leaders of the Partnership for Lebanon initiative at the Lebanon Donor’s Conference in Paris, France on January 25, 2007. State Dept. photo. 
 

 
Secretary Rice takes questions from the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program Participants in the Loy Henderson Auditorium on April 10, 2007. State Dept. photo.

Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists

Secretary Rice takes questions from the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program Participants in the Loy Henderson Auditorium on April 10, 2007. State Dept. photo.
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Participants at the opening session of the Women Business Leaders Summit – Jordan in Amman February 27, 2007. Robina Studio photo, Amman, Jordan. Women Business Leaders Summit – Jordan

Participants at the opening session of the Women Business Leaders Summit – Jordan in Amman February 27, 2007. Robina Studio photo, Amman, Jordan. 
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Musicians Adrian Anantawan and Amy Yang perform for Mrs. Bush at others at the launch of the Global Cultural Initiative at the White House on September 25, 2007. White House photo.

Global Cultural Initiative

Musicians Adrian Anantawan and Amy Yang perform for Mrs. Bush at others at the launch of the Global Cultural Initiative at the White House on September 25, 2007. White House photo.

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Under Secretary Karen Hughes and leaders of the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund, in Pakistan in November 2005. State Dept. photo.

South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund

Under Secretary Karen Hughes and leaders of the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund, in Pakistan in November 2005. State Dept. photo.

  

 

 

 
Secretary Karen Hughes poses with children and their parents in Piedra Grande, San Marcos. USAID photo/Carlos Perez-Brito.

Central America and Mexico Hurricane Relief Fund

Under Secretary Karen Hughes poses with children and their parents in Piedra Grande, San Marcos.  USAID photo/Carlos Perez-Brito. 

 

 

 
Secretary Rice and Under Secretary Hughes appoint Michelle Kwan as a Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy at the State Department on November 9, 2006. State Dept. photo.

American Public Diplomacy Envoys 
Secretary Rice and Under Secretary Hughes appoint Michelle Kwan as a Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy at the State Department on November 9, 2006. State Dept. photo. 

 

 

 

 

  
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