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Sunny Park, 2004 USO Patriot Award recipient and one of Most Influential Atlantans (Atlanta Business Chronicle and JAMES Magazine) in 2005 and 2006, is CEO of General Building Maintenance, Global Sun Investments and founder of Good Neighboring Foundation. Mr. Park, native of South Korea arrived in the United States as an immigrant with no money who now, as an indicator of his business acumen, has successfully achieved his goal of paying $1 million in annual income tax.

General Building Maintenance (GBMweb.com), founded by Mr. Park in 1983, is a nationwide facilities maintenance service provider with branch operations in 18 major U.S. cities. Since 1986, Mr. Park’s Global Sun Investments has been investing in and developing land in Georgia and Florida for retail shopping centers, a residential subdivision, and an office complex. He successfully assisted Morgan Stanley (Real Estate) in investing in Korean real estate, and has also invested in Japanese real estate with Aetos Capital of New York.

Mr. Park is a member of the Governor’s Asian American Commission for a New Georgia, as well as secretary and treasurer of the Georgia Ports Authority. He was a 2004 presidential elector for Georgia, as well as serving on the White House Commission on Asian Americans. Mr. Park is former president of the Federation of Korean American Associations and chairman of the 1991 Overseas Korean Conference in Berlin, Germany. As a result of his leadership, the United States and South Korea enhanced their relationship in both the business and civic arenas, leading to measurable economic and social benefits for both nations. In 1996, he founded the America Korea Friendship Society to increase understanding between the two nations.

To encourage fellow immigrants to become active in community affairs, Mr. Park founded the Good Neighboring Foundation (GoodNeighboring.org). With the program “If Sunny Can, You Can,” he also mentors high school dropouts at National Guard Youth Challenge Programs (NgYcp.org) in six states. Mr. Park presented the commencement speech to the 2006 graduating class of Kennesaw State University.

The Daughters of the American Revolution recognized Mr. Park’s volunteer work with the Americanism Medal (2006), and the National Guards Association presented Mr. Park with the distinguished Patrick Henry Trophy (2006) for his decade-long efforts for high school dropouts. The president of the Republic of Korea has presented Mr. Park with the National Peoples Merit medal (1998). Other accolades include the Small Businessman of the Year award from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (1992) and the Entrepreneur of the Year award (2000) from Women Looking Ahead magazine. He is a laureate of the Atlanta Business Hall of Fame, inducted in 2004 by Junior Achievement of Georgia.

Mr. Park’s current board memberships include Berry College (Berry.edu), Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta (AtlCf.org), Emory University (Emory.edu), Good Neighboring Foundation (GoodNeighboring.org), Georgia Ports Authority (GaPorts.org), Junior Achievement of Georgia (Georgia.JA.org), Georgia Public Policy Foundation (Gppf.org), National Museum of Patriotism (MuseumofPatriotism.org), PBA-Public TV/Radio (wabe.org), Shepherd Center (Shepherd.org), and USO Council of Georgia (USO.org).

Mr. Park received no college degree. Mr. Park has attended Indiana University, the Kellogg School of Management, and the U.S. Army War College National Security Seminars.

박선근 (Sunny K. Park)

3835 Presidential Parkway, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30340 Tel: 770-457-9019 Fax: 770-452-9039 SPark@GoodNeighboring.org

영리사업관련 (현재)

---GBM, Inc. 건물관리 용역업체 회장 (현 종사원 2,000+명)
---Global Sun Investments, Inc. 부동산 투자 개발업체 사장
---One Georgia Bank 이사

비영리사업 관련 (현재)

---좋은 이웃되기 운동 설립자/사무국장 - Good Neighboring Foundation, Inc.
---쉐퍼드 척추재난병원 재단이사 Shepherd Center
---범 애틀랜타 지역사회 사업재단 - Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta 이사
---Berry College 대학과 Atlanta College of Art 대학 이사, Emory 대학 방문이사
---죠지아 공공정책연구재단 - Georgia Public Policy Foundation 창립이사
---장병봉사조직 연합 - United Service Organizations-USO 이사
---죠지아 항만청 총무/재무 이사 Georgia Ports Authority
---미국충성박물관- National Museum of Patriotism 창립이사
---국제예방의약연구소- International Vaccine Institute 지원이사
---한미우호협회 - SE U. S. Korea America Friendship Society 부회장

비영리사업 관련 (경력)

---백악관 아태계국정 자문위원 - White House Initiative on Asian Americans 2002-4
---미주한인회 총연합회 회장 (1990-1991)
---애틀랜타 한국학교 공동 설립 Korean American School of Atlanta (1981)
---죠지아 한국전 참전용사 위령비 설립 (1996)
--- 해외한민족 대표자 회의 의장 (베를린-1991)
--- 케네소우 대학교 (Kennesaw State Univ.) 졸업식 초청 연사 (2006)
교육관련

--- 학위 없음, 켈록 경영 대학원 수학 (2001-2002)
--- 미 육군 대학원 국가안보 쎄미나 수료 (2003)

상벌관련

--- 2002년 USO Patriot Award (국가충성 상) 수상 (2002)
---대한민국 국민장 동백장 수상 (2000)
---미 방위군 “패트릭 헨리” 트로피 수상 (2006)
---올해의 중소기업인 상 수상-애틀랜타 상공 회의소와 Atlanta Business Chronicle (1989)
---올해의 기업인 상 수상-Business for Women Magazine (2000)
---죠지아 주정부 우수시민 상 2회 수상 (1986 and 2001)
---애틀랜타 사업가 명예의 전당 입당 (2004)-Junior Achievement
---애국 여성회의 “아메리카니즘” 훈장 수상 Daughters of the American Revolution

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