World Resources Institute elect Al Gore to Board of Directors [View All]

[Uncle Joe]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=51846

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected four new members to its board of directors: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the former two-term president of Brazil; Al Gore, the former two-term vice president of the United States; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the minister of finance for Nigeria; and Lee Thomas, president and chief operating officer of Georgia-Pacific Corporation and former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"We are honored to have these four distinguished leaders join the WRI family," said Jim Harmon, chairman, WRI Board of Directors. "Our board plays an important leadership role for WRI, and with their experience, knowledge and commitment, these four new members will strengthen both our program and our profile."

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Al Gore served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is currently chairman of Current TV, a new cable and satellite news and information network for young people. He is also chairman of Generation Investment Management, a London-based fund management firm that plans to create environment-friendly portfolios. Gore serves on the board of Apple Computer, and is a senior advisor to Google. Gore is a visiting professor at Middle Tennessee State University.
Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was a central member of President Clinton's economic team, helping to pass the first balanced budget in the United States in 30 years. Since his early days in the House and Senate, Gore has worked to clean up toxic- waste dumps, support the development of a new generation of fuel- and energy-efficient vehicles, and combat global warming in ways that also create new jobs. His pioneering environmental efforts were outlined in his best-selling book "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit."