Let's hope there might be a follow through with athletes!
President Trump on Monday named a lawyer and former NFL player as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as the administration faces criticism from those institutions of promises not kept.
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Mr. Aust has built a career of solid business experience that spans over 30 years. Since 1991, he has successfully raised over $100M in Venture Capital for several direct sales companies. Among these firms is the Video Home Shopping Network.com where he raised $8M, Visionquest.com where he raised $2.5M and 2Extreme Sports.com where he not only raised $5M but also took the company public. He worked with Donald Trump to create the Wall Street Café theme restaurant on 40 Wall Street in New York City’s financial district. Mr. Aust secured $12M in initial financing to complete the development of the Wall Street Café. He was instrumental in the management of the West Coast Division of Hendrix Automotive. Mr. Aust and his team took Hendrix Automotive sales to record levels to become the number one auto dealership in the United States. He has owned and operated his own direct sales company marketing products spanning from nutrition and skin care to travel and entertainment. He performed in the top 100 Networkers for 12 years with various direct sales companies with over 250,000 distributors. Steve has had a very dynamic professional life prior to his business success in direct sales and investment banking. Steve spent his young adult life as a college and professional athlete. While at Pepperdine University he played Division 1 Basketball leading him to a professional basketball career playing for the European League as well as the Summer League Los Angeles Lakers.
A.C. “Ironman” Green, Director
Mr. Green brings not only his rich knowledge of what it takes to be a champion but a diverse background in business development, investment and philanthropy to the Board. During his career A.C. owned twelve Denny’s restaurants and a Hyundai dealership among other investments. Automotive manufacturers, real estate companies, utilities contractors and many others frequently tap A.C.’s unique talent in business development to help guide them to success. One of the things A.C. is most known for is his title as the NBA’s “Ironman”, having played in 1,192 straight games. A.C. Green spent 16 seasons in the NBA, and won three championships with the Los Angeles Lakers spanning three decades (1987, 1988 and 2000). Mr. Green is also recognized for his contributions outside the NBA such as his tremendous commitment to youth through the A.C. Green Youth Foundation he started in 1989. He also serves as one of the NBA’s global Ambassadors and founded Going Green with A.C. Green to promote environmental awareness and sustainability.
