Badi G. Foster//
President
The Phelps-Stokes Fund
In November 2000, Badi Foster was named the fifth president of the Phelps Stokes Fund. The Phelps Stokes Fund has been at the center of service to underserved and poor people in America and Africa for over nine decades. It has been a pioneer in promoting equity and unity among diverse ethnic and racial groups while underscoring the core value of education for human development as its primary mission. Prior to becoming President of the Phelps Stokes Fund, Badi served as Director of the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Tufts University. During his time at Tufts, Dr, Foster also served as the Lincoln Filene Professor for Citizenship and Public Service and taught classes on leadership and active citizenship. Before his appointment at Tufts, Badi was President and Chief Executive Officer of Transport America, a privately owned contract bus service company. Prior to joining Transport America, Dr. Foster was the senior Vice President of Human Resources for University Hospitals of Cleveland and University Hospitals Health System, Inc. He served on the Governor's Human Resource Investment Council for the state of Ohio Badi spent eleven years with Aetna Life & Casualty before joining University Hospitals. At Aetna he founded the Aetna Institute for Corporate Education, which received the national award for best training and development program. Badi came to Aetna from Harvard University. In his ten years at Harvard he held several positions, including: Director of Field Experience Program, Graduate School of Education; Chairman, Hispanic Study Group; Assistant Director, Kennedy Institute of Politics; Visiting Professor of African-American Studies; and Lecturer in Education. Badi has also held positions at Princeton University, Rutgers, and the University of Massachusetts.