• Board of Directors

    Officers of the Organization

    Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: The Honorable U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young

    Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Presidential Candidate, Governor Gary Johnson

    Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Howard Kazanjian, Star Wars Executive Producer and LucasFilm Vice President

    Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ed Begley Jr., Actor and Environmentalist

    Chairman of the Board: Solange Warner, WCC Founder

    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Premier of Bermuda, Honorable Paula Cox
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: AmbassadorJavier Diaz de Leon, Dean of the Consular Corps of GA.
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ambassador of Commonwealth of Bahamas, Wendall Jones 
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ambassador of Germany, Lutz Gorgens
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ambassador of France, Philippe Adanaz
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ambassador of Commonwealth of Dominica, Hubert Charles
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Ambassador of Barbados to the U.S., John Beale
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: U.S. Ambassador Mark Lagon, Chieft Policy Officer, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Stratton Leopold, Film Executive Producer for films such “Mission Impossible III”, Captain America
    • Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Bill Duke, Film Director and Actor for films such “X Men”,  and “Predator”. 
    • Emeritus Co-Chairman of the Board: U.S. Ambassador Charles Shapiro
    • Emeritus Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Lou Gossett Jr, Oscar Award Winner Actor
    • Emeritus Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Architect John Portman

    Executive Committee

    • Chairman of the Board: Solange Warner, WCC Founder  
    • President: Consul of Lithuania, Roma Klicius
    • Secretary: Coston Dickinson, Architect, DAG Architects 
    • Treasurer: Tony Erwin, Ambassador Global Blockchain Business Council

    Board of the Directors at Large:

    • Senator John Albers, Senate
    • Consul of Sweden and Norway, Tom Rosseland 
    • Consul of Latvia, Kevin Casebier
    • Mayor of Union City, Vince Williams
    • William Pate, President Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
    • David Innes, Vice President, Georgia Banking Company
    • Former Mayor Linda Blechinger, Mayor of the City of Auburn. GA
    • Dr. Helene Gayle, President, Spelman College 

    Advisory Board:

    • Ambassador of Israel, Reda Mansour, Honorary Chairman
    • Ambassador Gandy Thomas, Consul General of Haiti
    • Ambassador Hermano Telles Riberio, Consul General of Brazil
    • Ambassador of Switzerland, Claudio Leoncavallo
    • Consul Dr. Bruce S. Allen, Honorary Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
    • Consul General of Japan in Alabama, Mark Jackson
    • Consul Ferdinand Seefried, Consul of Austria
    • Consul General of Belgium, William De Baets
    • Consul General Christoph Sander, Consul General of Germany
    • Consul General Paul Gleeson, Consul General of Ireland
    • Consul General Pascal Le Deunff, Previous Consul General of France
    • Consul General Marcelo Gerschenfeld, Consul General of Argentina
    • Consul Dr. Al H. Andersen, Honorary Consul of Tanzania
    • Consul Ian Latham, Honorary Consul of New Zeland
    • Consul Charles Battle, Honorary Consul of the Principality of Monaco
    • Consul Mona Tekin Diamond, Honorary Consul of Turkey
    • Consul Ray Donato, Honorary Consul General of Philippines
    • Consul Georges Hoffman, Honorary Consul of Luxembourg
    • Consul John Parkerson, Honorary Consul of Hungary
    • Consul J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr., Honorary Consul of Nicaragua
    • Consul Christopher Smith, Honorary Consul of Denmark
    • Consul Paul Steinfield, Honorary Consul of Slovenia
    • Consul Edouk Swaak, Honorary Consul of Netherlands
    • Consul Jennifer Jenkins, Honorary Consul of Botswana
    • Consul Bob Muscat, Honorary Consul of Malta
    • Consul David Cutting, Honorary Consul of Barbados
    • Rep. Brenda Lopez, House of Representative
    • Rajeev Dhawan, Georgia State University
    • Tom Strauss, Director, US Department of Commerce

    Business Advisory Board:

    • Taylor Warner, SVP Real Estate
    Arts Advisory Board:
    • Chris Tucker, Actor
    • David Burke: “Hey Wordy” Television Show Creator and Executive Producer
    • Museums: Rodney Mims Cook, President, National Monuments Foundation an Millennium Gate Museum
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