About World Chamber of Commerce
The World Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Mission Statement is to enhance global business, foster cultural and humanitarian exchange to develop economic opportunity. An important WCC goal is to act as a liaison between organizations developing global trade, creating synergy, and assisting U.S. companies to reach out to lucrative international markets.
The WCC is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization, benefiting businesses that sponsor and donate to the WCC.
The World Chamber of Commerce was founded by Solange Warner in February, 2008. She established the entire organizational structure, including the Board of Directors, from its inception. Important members of the community support the WCC as board members, including U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young; President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe; Presidential Candidate, Governor Gary Johnson; Actor and Environmentalist, Ed Begley Jr.; Star Wars’ Executive Producer, Howard Kazanjian; U.S. Ambassador Charles Shapiro; Ambassador of Germany, Lutz Goergens, Ambassador of France, Philippe Ardanaz; Consul General of the United Kingdom, Annabelle Malins and other Ambassadors, Consuls, Senators, Representatives, Mayors, among other dignitaries.
An important aspect of the WCC is the International Trade Seminar Series. These WCC Events are developed to benefit businesses where leaders and experts provide knowledge regarding international trade and how to penetrate foreign markets. For over a decade, the WCC International Trade Seminars have occurred in locations such as the Georgia Capitol, the UPS Headquarters, the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Grand Hyatt, the Four Seasons Hotel, and Intercontinental Hotel in Atlanta, with thousands of attendees, including dignitaries and other global leaders.
Speakers and honorees include U.N. Ambassador, Andrew Young; President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Ambassador of Germany, Lutz Goergens, Consul General of Canada, Brian Oak; Consul General of Argentina, Carlos Layus; Consul General of Japan, Takuji Hanatani, and Consul General of Mexico, Salvador DeLara. Experts include Dr. Usha Nair, Professor of Economics at Georgia Tech, Monica Capra, Professor of Economics at Emory University, and Dina Molaison, Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Senator Chip Rogers, leader of Georgia Senate; Rick Martin, International Trade Center Director at the University of Georgia, Robert Morris, Director of the Georgia Ports Authority. Leaders and experts provide in depth knowledge of international markets and International Trade Opportunities with their respective countries.
Additionally, WCC presents the prestigious WCC Global Heroes Awards. Awardees include: Consul General of Germany, Lutz Gorgens, Consul of Hungary, John Parkerson, President of Invest France, Philippe Yvergniaux, Consul of Italy, Angela Della Constanza, Rhett Turner, Ambassador of Brazil Adalnio Senna Ganem, Ambassador Reda Mansour, Dean of the Consular Corps, U.S. Ambassador Charles Shapiro, Consul of Denmark Chris Smith, Consul of Liechtenstein Bruce Allen, Consul General of Mexico, Salvador DeLara, Michael Bryan V P and Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Phil Bolton, Global Atlanta Publisher, Ambassador Reda Mansour, Dean of the Consular Corps, Consul Teresita Fraser and Rhett Turner, for promoting humanitarian efforts, among other leaders of the community. Additional WCC Awards include the life time achievement Award to Ambassador Andrew Young.
Another important aspect of the WCC is to create humanitarian campaigns to support areas of the community in need, such as, “The Human Trafficking Awareness to Keep Our Children Safe” created to promote awareness of such a devastating issue for our society.
The WCC humanitarian initiative “Haiti Relief Effort” Campaign was created to support victims of the Haiti Earthquake. The WCC arranged two airplanes to Haiti with volunteers and humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims.
Then, the WCC developed a humanitarian initiative to aid Chilean Earthquake victims donating funds to the “Maria Ayuda” organization in Chile.
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