Leadership

Hope Masters

Hope has dedicated her life to supporting the work of her father, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, and to carrying on his spirit and legacy after his passing. At the request of her father, after completing her studies in law at Temple University in 1989, Hope applied her legal training to developing and supporting programs within OIC America and IFESH, two of the organizations that her father established. She played a central role in the planning for the Leon H. Sullivan Summit I and supported the development of the Global Sullivan Principle of Social Responsibility in the early 1990s. After her father’s passing in 2001, with the support of Ambassador Andrew Young, Hope established the Sullivan Foundation, to which she refers as “the embodiment of a daughter’s love.” As the President and CEO of the Foundation, Hope oversees and directs the advocacy and fundraising for the Sullivan Entities, and convenes and directs the Sullivan Summits and the Global Sullivan Principles.

Andrew Young

The Honorable Andrew Young is Chairman and Co-Founding Partner of GoodWorks International, a consulting firm dedicated to promoting sustainable development in Africa and the Caribbean. He has had a distinguished career as a civil rights leader, an American statesman, humanitarian and businessman. During the Civil Rights Movement, Andrew Young, together with Martin Luther King, led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He later served as a Member of the US House of Representatives, US Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta. He led the 1996 Atlanta Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games, and was appointed by President Clinton as the Chairman of the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund. Andrew Young continues to share his wide-ranging experiences and expertise accumulated in the public and private sectors by participating in events and discussions that stimulate ground-breaking thinking on economic development, human rights and education in the US and around the world.

Carl Masters

As President and CEO of Goodworks International (GWI), Carl Masters plays the lead role in joining numerous Fortune 500 companies together with Caribbean and African nations. Before forming GoodWorks, Mr. Masters enjoyed a successful career in international banking. He held executive positions within the Bank of Montreal and in financial centers across North America, Europe and the Caribbean. He served as Agent General and Deputy Minister for Trade to the U.S, representing the government of Ontario, Canada. Mr. Masters is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bretton Woods Committee and the 100 Black Men of America. He actively serves on the boards of the Corporate Council on Africa, the Africa Society, the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund, the Africa America Institute and the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies