• World Chamber of Commerce Business and Humanitarian Summit

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    Speakers and “Guests of Honor” Include:

    • Honorable U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young WCC Honorary Chairman
    • Honorable Ambassador Mark Lagon U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Former Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Chief Policy Officer, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Receiving the WCC Global Hero in Absentia
    • Roosevelt Council, Jr. General Manager Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Receiving the WCC Global Hero Award
    • Honorable Chief Judge Steven Teske Juvenile Court Clayton Judicial Circuit State of Georgia Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group WCC Board of Directors Member
    • Gareth Morgan Head of North America for the Welsh Government Embassy of the United Kingdom
    • Nicolas Sidokpohou First Secretary of Embassy of Benin
    • Senator Curt Thompson Georgia State Senate
    • Consul General of Belgium William De Baets WCC Advisory Board member
    • Consul General of Ireland Shane Stephens
    • Consul General of Mexico Javier Diaz de Leon
    • Consul General of India Nagesh Singh
    • Consul of Lithuania Dr. Roma Klicius, M.D. WCC President
    • Consul of Liberia Cynthia Lynn Blandford WCC Board Member
    • Consul of Ecuador Patricia Boezio WCC Board Member
    • Consul of Philippines Ray Donato WCC Advisory Board Member
    • Consul of Chile Erika Monckeberg
    • Consul of Barbados David Cutting WCC Advisory Board Member
    • Louise Fortin Director Economic Affairs Quebec Government-Atlanta
    • WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award Allison Ashe Executive Director Covenant House Receiving the WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award
    • Jeff Shaw Executive Director Out of Darkness, Ministry of Atlanta Dreams Receiving the WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award
    • Master of Ceremony John Lemley Radio Host and Producer “City Cafe” at 1690/WMLB “Voice of the Arts”
    World Chamber of Commerce Business and Humanitarian Summit
     
    Thursday, May 4th, 2017
    5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
    2000 Convention Center Concourse College Park, GA 30337
     
     
    The WCC continues to promote business, cultural, and humanitarian initiatives for business development.
    -WCC will acknowledge contributors to safety and security in business, as well as humanitarian efforts to combat human trafficking. 
     
    WCC Speakers and “Guests of Honor” Include:
     
    Honorable U.N. Ambassador
    Andrew Young
    WCC Honorary Chairman
     
    Honorable Ambassador Mark Lagon
    U.S. Ambassador-at-Large  
    Former Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
    Chief Policy Officer, Friends of the Global Fight 
    Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. 
    Receiving the WCC Global Hero in Absentia
     
     
    Roosevelt Council, Jr. 
    General Manager 
    Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
    Receiving the WCC Global Hero Award
     
    Honorable Chief Judge Steven Teske
    Juvenile Court Clayton Judicial Circuit State of Georgia
    Chairman of the Board of the
     Georgia Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group
    WCC Board of Directors Member
     
    Gareth Morgan
    Head of North America for the 
    Welsh Government
    Embassy of the United Kingdom
     
    Nicolas Sidokpohou
    First Secretary of Embassy of Benin
     
    Senator Curt Thompson
    Georgia State Senate 
     
    Consul General of Belgium
    William De Baets
    WCC Advisory Board member
     
     Consul General of Ireland 
    Shane Stephens
     
    Consul General of Mexico
    Javier Diaz de Leon
     
    Consul General of India
    Nagesh Singh 
     
    Consul of Lithuania 
        Dr. Roma Klicius, M.D.
    WCC President
     
    Consul of Liberia
       Cynthia Lynn Blandford
    WCC Board Member
     
    Consul of Ecuador
        Patricia Boezio
    WCC Board Member
     
    Consul of Philippines 
        Ray Donato
    WCC Advisory Board Member
     
    Consul of Chile
    Erika Monckeberg
     
    Consul of Barbados
    David Cutting 
    WCC Advisory Board Member
     
    Louise Fortin
    Director
    Economic Affairs
    Quebec Government-Atlanta
     
    WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award
    Allison Ashe
    Executive Director
    Receiving the WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award
     
    Jeff Shaw
    Executive Director 
    Out of Darkness, Ministry of Atlanta Dreams
    Receiving the WCC Global Humanitarian Hero Award
     
    Master of Ceremony
    John Lemley
    Radio Host and Producer
    “City Cafe” at 1690/WMLB “Voice of the Arts”
     
    Live Performance
    Saxophonist 
     
    WCC Program
    5:00 p.m.-Registration 
    5:30 p.m.: WCC Speakers and Awards
    6:15 p.m.: Performance and Networking with 
    Dignitaries, including Ambassadors, Consuls and business leaders
     
    The World Chamber of Commerce will donate proceeds of the WCC Event to: 
     
    Covenant House and Out of Darkness 
    Organizations combatting Human Trafficking
     
     
     
     For further Information please contact [email protected]
    Business attire
     
     
    Ticket includes:  one drink and Hors d’Oeuvres.
    Parking 50% off price: $5
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