ANDREW YOUNG

FORMER MAYOR OF ATLANTA

ANDREW YOUNG- Summit Chairman: The Honorable Andrew Young is Chairman and Co-Founding Partner of GoodWorks International, LLC, the company founded in January 1997 with Mr. Carlton A. Masters to carry out his mission of energizing the private sector to produce substantial economic development in Africa and the Caribbean. This long-held vision of Mr. Young was honed during his comprehensive leadership in public service and private industry, including business, government, international affairs and human rights. This extensive diverse career provides clients of GoodWorks with an exceptionally qualified leader who possesses a global perspective on business expansion.

1993 to 1997: Vice-Chairman of Law Companies Group, Inc.

1995 to 1997: Director of Law Companies Group, Inc.

1990 to 1993: Chairman of Law Companies International Group, Inc.

1982 to 1990: Mayor of the City of Atlanta

1977 to 1979: United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1973 to 1977: Member House of Representatives of the U. S. Congress

In 1996, Ambassador Andrew Young served as Co-Chair of the Atlanta Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games. In 1995, President Clinton appointed Ambassador Young Chairman of the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund (SAEDF). This $100 million fund is established to help create small and medium size businesses throughout Southern Africa. In 1985, Young was reelected as Mayor of Atlanta and under his administration, over a million jobs were created while the metropolitan region attracted more than $70 billion dollars in investments and construction.

Ambassador Andrew Young serves as member of the Board of Directors of numerous businesses and organizations, including Archer Daniels Midland, Atlanta Market Center, Cox Communications, Delta Airlines, Film Fabricators, and Thomas Nelson Publishing. He serves on the Advisory Board of Argus Newspapers, Barrick Gold, The Martin Luther King Center for Non-violent Social Change and The United Nations Foundation.

Andrew Young is an ordained minister and current President of the National Council of Churches USA. He is a human right activist and former public servant. He was top aid to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement, was involved in its inception and served as Vice-President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He serves on the Board of the King Center for Non-Violent Social Change.

Ambassador Young remains active in community matters. He often sets time aside to talk to various schools and universities on a range of issues. He participates in events that foster sound public policy, economic development, human rights and education.

Ambassador Young travels extensively to meet with officials and other individuals interested in improving the economic situation in Africa and the Caribbean. He has headed numerous missions to the continent of Africa and continues to use his extensive network to facilitate new business developments. His interest in International Affairs is not limited to Africa and the Caribbean. He speaks and attends conferences dealing with global affairs.

Ambassador Young is Distinguished Executive Fellow and Honorary Professor of Public Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. The school enrolls a significant number of International students from all regions of the world.

Under Ambassador Young leadership, in 1977, the U. S. played an active role in negotiations for the Independence of Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Ambassador Young is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including The Presidential Medal of Freedom, The French Legion d' Honneur, The Bishop Walker Humanitarian Award and over 58 honorary degrees from universities including Yale, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Emory University and the University of Georgia.

Ambassador Young has published two books. A Way Out of No Way (Thomas Nielson Publishing) and An Easy Burden (Harper Collins). He is also working on a memoir on Africa.