NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FORMED FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP -
Outstanding entrepreneurs from all over the US were invited by the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education to become advisors and encourage the growth of entrepreneurship education for youth and adults in America. Current members of the National Advisory Council include:
- Al Abney - Queens Village, NY: past owner of the Everyready Carburetor Co.; longtime entrepreneur in the auto parts remanufacturing industry; former commissioner for the New York City Planning Board, and recipient of many leadership awards including being active in Rotary International.
- Phillip Forsythe, Florence, AL: president and CEO of Forsythe and Long Engineering where he is involved in engineering design work, his own fabricating company, and wife Margaret spun off an Environmental Consulting company. He provides space for four to five new industrial businesses and four years ago Phillip started One Stop Manufacturing, a chemical processing plant, its primary activity centers on food production for the dairy industry. Phillip and Margaret have had a long standing interest in youth entrepreneurship.
- Adam Gonzalez - Austin, TX: Starting in the 1980's with one restaurant, he is now head of a chain of about 50 full-service restaurants in Texas, Serranos Café and Cantinas and Ninfa's, was president of Texas DECA while in high school, and is an active supporter of entrepreneurship education in Texas.
- Dian Thomas - Salt Lake City, UT: with over 25 years of public relations experience, she has authored 12 books including Roughing It Easy, a NY Times bestseller, she assists others to practice her unique and creative approaches to getting free publicity through The Dian Thomas Company and her new, innovative system called How to Get a Million Dollars Worth of Free Publicity.
The National Entrepreneur Advisory Council assisted the Consortium in developing National Standards for Entrepreneurship Education that cover educational programs from elementary school through all secondary, post-secondary and adult education. They will participate in committees to find new ways to promote the concept of entrepreneurship education, expand partnerships in cooperation with the Consortium, and assist in finding new ways to bring funding necessary to help the field of entrepreneurship education grow in America.