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.