User:SunnyKPark/sandbox

Sunny K. Park is Chief Executive Janitor of General Building Maintenance, President of Global Sun Investments, Inc., Board member of the Georgia Banking Company. Park is 2000 USO Patriot Award recipient and one of Most Influential Atlantans by Atlanta Business Chronicle in multiple years. He is an Executive in Residence of Georgia State University, lectures regularly at MBA classes.

A native of South Korea immigrated to the U. S. in 1974, served as Commissioner of the White House Advisory Commission and Vice Chairman of Georgia Ports Authority. Mr. Park immigrated to the United States in 1974 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. He sold life insurance policies to Indiana farmers with broken English in the 70's and captured Salesman of the Year title twice at New York Life Insurance Company, Indianapolis General Office, and earned "Super Sunny" title as Chevrolet automobile salesman prior to found General Building Maintenance made himself the Chief Executive Janitor.

Park served and serve multiple nonprofit organization boards; National Guard’s Youth Foundation in Washington, DC programs supports and mentors for high school dropouts; Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation Board, Washington, DC; USO Georgia; Berry College Board of Trustees; National Center for Civil and Human Rights; Carter Center Board of Councilors; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Atlanta Rotary Club Board; WABE Atlanta Public Broadcasting; Kennesaw State University Advisory Board; Junior Achievements Georgia; National Museum of Patriotism; Georgia Public Policy Foundation Board; Shepherd Center Hospital Foundation Board; Emory University Board of Visitors; Savannah College of Art & Design; Rotary Club of Atlanta; and Sandy Springs Art Foundation; Sandy Springs Development Authority Board; Sandy Springs Charter Review Board.

Park 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 United States and South Korea; To encourage fellow immigrants to become active in community affairs, Mr. Park founded the Good Neighboring Campaign; With his own program “If Sunny Can, I Can,” he mentors high school dropouts at Youth Challenge Programs nationwide. He spoke frequently at Junior Achievement classes, colleges, and presented the commencement speeches to Class 2006 of Kennesaw State University, Class 2017 Berry College, Rome, Georgia and for Class 2019 of Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi.

Park is laureate of Atlanta Business Hall of Fame of Junior Achievements, KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the United States Army) Hall of Fame. He is decorated with People’s Merit of the Republic of Korea; Community Service Award by the President of the U. S.; Americanism Medal by Daughters of American Revolution; Patrick Henry Trophy by National Guards; Small Businessperson 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 2009, Liberty Award by Institution for Corean America Studies; most recently Georgia Public Policy Foundation award Park 2020 Freedom Award.

Park doesn't have college degree. He studied at Korea Computer Institute in Korea, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, Kellogg School of Management Executive Course, National Security Seminars at US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. He received honorary doctorate from Belhaven University. Mr. Park and his family attends Apostles Church, Atlanta, GA.