Jendayi Frazer

Jendayi Frazer is the president and CEO of 50 Ventures, a strategic consulting company focused on market strategy and access in Africa. She is also the Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and adjunct senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Frazer was a distinguished public service professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and an assistant professor at Harvard University and University of Denver. Prior to this, she was US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, US ambassador to South Africa, and before that, special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs at the National Security Council. Frazer‘s honors include the Distinguished Service Medal.