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Why become a Corporate Member of the World
Affairs Council of Charlotte?
- Learn
about international affairs from foreign government /sate
officials, renowned authors, and world leaders.
- Build
professional networks through Council events
- Support
International education in the Charlotte community.
- Increase corporate publicity through program and education
sponsorships.
- Reach
out to sophisticated and high level individuals in the
Charlotte community.
- Build,
maintain and strengthen client relationships.
List of WACC Corporate Members
For more information regarding Corporate
Membership with the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, please
contact Charlotte Klopp at
cklopp@worldaffairscharlotte.org or
704-687-7759.
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Corporate Ambassador |
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Wachovia is a diversified financial services company that
provides a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset
and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking
products and services. We are one of the largest providers of
financial services in the United States, with retail and
commercial banking operations in 21 states from Connecticut to
Florida and west to Texas and California, and nationwide retail
brokerage, mortgage lending and auto finance businesses. Our
retail brokerage operations under the Wachovia Securities brand
name manage client assets through offices nationwide. Globally,
clients are served in selected corporate and institutional
sectors and through more than 40 international offices.
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The Shaw Group Inc.
was founded in 1987 by Jim Bernhard, our Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer, and two colleagues as a fabrication
shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Driven by leaders with bold
vision and a strong entrepreneurial spirit, the company has
evolved into a diverse engineering, construction, technology,
fabrication, environmental and industrial services organization
with 27,000 employees in strategic locations around the world.
Throughout our rapid growth, our core values have remained
constant-honesty in decision-making, personal responsibility and
accountability, and leadership by example. These principles are
at the heart of our ability to create and respond to market
opportunities and have
fueled our dramatic expansion.
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Corporate Universal Sponsor |

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General Dynamics is a market leader in business aviation; land
and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and
munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical
information systems and technologies. The company employs
approximately 84,000
people worldwide and reported 2007 revenues of $27.2 billion. |
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Founded in 1916,
Parkdale is
one of the largest yarn manufacturers in the world. Today,
Parkdale operates 24 plants in four countries and consumes 30%
of the U.S. cotton consumption. Parkdale's philosophy continues
to be based on a single vision and pursuit of improvement-an
approach that keeps customer needs first and foremost. Parkdale
has remained a privately-owned company to retain flexibility,
which provides the latitude for experimentation rarely found in
publicly-owned firms. Please visit
www.parkdalemills.com |
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Corporate Council Patron |
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AREVA, world energy expert, offers its
customers technological solutions for highly reliable nuclear
power generation and electricity transmission and distribution.
71,000 employees are committed to continuous improvement on a
daily basis, making sustainable development the focal point of
the group’s industrial strategy.
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Founded in 1909,
Benham Constructors, LLC
is a
full-service planning and design firm and fully integrated
design build company. We embrace all elements of facilities
design, technology integration and environmental stewardship in
delivering 21st century solutions upon which the general public
and our clients can depend.
Benham Constructors, LLC
is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
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Duke
Energy is one of the largest electric power
companies in the United States. We supply and
deliver energy to approximately 4 million U.S.
customers. We have approximately 35,000 megawatts of
electric generating capacity in the Midwest and the
Carolinas, and natural gas distribution services in
Ohio and Kentucky. In addition, we have more than
4,000 megawatts of electric generation in Latin
America. We are also a joint-venture partner in a
U.S. real estate company.
The
company is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., and is
a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol DUK.
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K&L Gates LLP comprises 1,700
lawyers who practice in 28 offices located on three continents:
Anchorage, Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas,
Fort Worth, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Miami,
Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Pittsburgh,
Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Francisco,
Seattle, Shanghai, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, Taipei and
Washington. K&L Gates represents capital markets participants
and leading global corporations, growth and middle-market
companies, and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as
well as public sector entities, educational institutions and
philanthropic organizations. Our practice is robustly a full
market practice — at once regional, national and international
in scope — and it is cutting edge, complex, and dynamic.
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At
McGuireWoods,
we have one thing on our minds – serving clients. Our commitment
to providing them with quality work and personalized service has
allowed us to become one of the most client-centric law firms in
the country. We deliver exceptional value, use technology to
provide effective and efficient legal solutions and employ a
diverse workforce to bring real-world and innovative
perspectives to meet our clients’ needs.
With approximately 900 lawyers and 17 strategically located
offices worldwide, McGuireWoods uses client-focused teams to
serve public, private, government and nonprofit clients from
many industries including automotive, energy resources, health
care, technology and transportation, thus meeting clients’ needs
from virtually any area of law.
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Major-in-Kind Corporate Partner |
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UNC-Charlotte
Our biggest in-kind
corporate partner |
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Corporate Council Sponsor |
Altavista Wealth Management
American & Efird, Inc.
Carolinas Pathology Group
Charlotte Observer
Clariant
Corporation
CoaLogix
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Consolidated, Inc.
Continental
General Tire
Cyril Bath
Davidson College, Dean Rusk Program in
International Studies
EnPro
Faison
Enterprises
Greer & Walker LLP
Lee Hecht Harrison
Midrex Technologies, Inc.
Moore & Van Allen
National Gypsum
Odell International
Poyner & Spruill
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein,
LLP
TIAA-CREF
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Non-Profit and Education Partners |
Blumenthal Foundation
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC)
Charlotte Country Day School
Charlotte Mecklenburg School System (CMS)
Providence Day School
Queens University
Wingate University
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