This Week's Speaker ... In Person and Zoom
Atlanta Rotarian Sunny K. Park, Chief Executive Janitor of General Building Maintenance
Join us this Friday to welcome Atlanta Rotarian Sunny K. Park, Chief Executive Janitor of General Building Maintenance, President of Global Sun Investments and a member of Georgia Banking Company Board. You can join in person at Le Meridien or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202979419
Sunny is a 2000 USO Patriot Award recipient and one of Most Influential Atlantans by JAMES Magazine and Atlanta Business Chronicle in multiple years. He is an Executive in Residence of Georgia State University, lecturing regularly. Mr. Park immigrated to the United States in 1974 with no money. Today, as an indicator of his business acumen, he has successfully achieved his goal of paying $1 million in income tax annually.
A native of South Korea, served as Commissioner of the White House
Advisory Commission and Vice Chairman of Georgia Ports Authority. Mr. Park
serves or served multiple nonprofit boards; National Guard’s Youth Foundation
that supports programs for high school dropouts; USO Georgia; National Center
for Civil and Human Rights; Carter Center Board of Councilors; Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra; Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation Board; Atlanta Rotary Club
Board; Emeritus board member of Berry College and Junior Achievements Georgia; Serves
Sandy Springs City for City Charter Review Board and Development Authority; National
Museum of Patriotism Board; Georgia Public Policy Foundation; Shepherd Center
Hospital; Emory University Board of Visitors; Savannah College of Art &
Design; Korea Defense Veterans Association Board. He is 2004 and 2008
Presidential Elector from Georgia.
He served as president of the National Korean
American Federation (1991); Chairman of the 1992 Overseas Korean Conference in
Berlin, Germany; In 1996, he founded the American Korean Friendship Society to
strengthen unique relationship between the two nations; To encourage fellow
immigrants to become active in community affairs, Mr. Park founded the Good
Neighboring Foundation; With his own program “If Sunny Can, I Can,” he mentors
high school dropouts at Youth Challenge Programs. He presented the commencement
speeches to Class 2006 of Kennesaw State University, Class 2007 of Berry
College, Rome, Georgia and 2018 of Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi.
Sunny is laureate of Atlanta
Business Hall of Fame; inducted to KATUSA Hall of Fame in Korea. He is
decorated with People’s Merit by South Korean President; Volunteer Service
Award by the President of the U. S.; Americanism Medal by Daughters of American
Revolution; Patrick Henry Trophy by National Guards Association; Small Business
Person of the Year by Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Lifetime Achievement Award
by the National Youth Foundation 2007; VanLandingham Commitment to Economic
Education Award by Georgia State University; 2018 Liberty Award by Institution
of Corian American Studies; 2020 Freedom Award from Georgia Public Policy
Foundation.
He
studied at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. He received
honorary doctorate from Belhaven University. Sunny Park attends the Church of
The Apostle, Atlanta, GA.