Andrew Young
GA, US
Ambassador Young focuses on the future of doing business domestically and on a global scale.
Ambassador Young focuses on the future of doing business domestically and on a global scale, with particular emphasis on opportunities in previously overlooked markets. He emphasizes how business can affect positive change in our cities and throughout the world. He is an inspiring speaker who challenges his audiences to continue the push toward peace and justice throughout the world. He reflects on the important roles that business and government play in improving and securing the quality of life for citizens around the globe. Bio Synopsis Ambassador, Congressman, Mayor, humanitarian, ordained minister, international businessman, and sports enthusiast, Andrew Young has been serving and shaping our country for almost fifty years. Ambassador Young's vision of advancing economic development with private sector involvement was honed during comprehensive leadership positions in public service and private industry. He began his first of three terms as a U.S. Congressman in 1972. In 1977, under the appointment of President Carter, Ambassador Young represented our country on an international level as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. From 1982 to 1989, Ambassador Young served as the Mayor of Atlanta, fostered a time of great prosperity and growth for that city, and played an instrumental role in bringing the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta. Currently, Ambassador Young is Chairman of Atlanta-based GoodWorks International, a specialty consulting group that provides strategic services to corporations and governments operating in the global economy.
Ambassador Young focuses on the future of doing business domestically and on a global scale, with particular emphasis on opportunities in previously overlooked markets. He emphasizes how business can affect positive change in our cities and throughout the world. He is an inspiring speaker who challenges his audiences to continue the push toward peace and justice throughout the world. He reflects on the important roles that business and government play in improving and securing the quality of life for citizens around the globe. Bio Synopsis Ambassador, Congressman, Mayor, humanitarian, ordained minister, international businessman, and sports enthusiast, Andrew Young has been serving and shaping our country for almost fifty years. Ambassador Young's vision of advancing economic development with private sector involvement was honed during comprehensive leadership positions in public service and private industry. He began his first of three terms as a U.S. Congressman in 1972. In 1977, under the appointment of President Carter, Ambassador Young represented our country on an international level as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. From 1982 to 1989, Ambassador Young served as the Mayor of Atlanta, fostered a time of great prosperity and growth for that city, and played an instrumental role in bringing the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to Atlanta. Currently, Ambassador Young is Chairman of Atlanta-based GoodWorks International, a specialty consulting group that provides strategic services to corporations and governments operating in the global economy.
2010