Alan Sorkin

Join my high performing Chief Executive Officer peer learning group to help you become a BETTER LEADER make BETTER DECISIONS and get BETTER RESULTS.

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Who helps you: Think through major decisions? Work ON rather than IN your business? Where can you find: 15 peers who care about your success and happiness? A safe place to get the answers to deal with the changing business landscape? How do you: Teach your people to think out of the box Take responsibility for their own actions and to be accountable? By joining a high performing peer learning group that helps you to become a BETTER LEADER making BETTER DECISIONS and getting BETTER RESULTS. Here' an example: Bill's $90 million manufacturing company was nearly devastated by the 2008 recession. With revenues dropping to less than half losses began increasing exponentially. The company began taking jobs at lower margins. His controller did not monitor expense ratios, cost overruns and bidding mistakes increased. Bill decided to leave the group to focus on dealing with increasing losses, but 13 members insisted upon and attended an all day meeting to offer solutions knowing this could have happened to any one of them. The group made both strategic and tactical suggestions, providing support and encouragement giving Bill the confidence that he could turn the situation around. He brought in a part time forward thinking CFO to undertake massive overhead cuts of nearly $2,000,000: to rework the bid and system to stop taking projects that are not profitable; to create accountability in project management; and to focus on what made them successful in the first place. Vistage has helped 75,000+ Chief Executives & Business Owners achieve financial independence, grow professionally & personally, and create a balanced life for 55 years. Our talented, peer advisory board of like minded CEOs provides unbiased feedback; and with 16 pairs of eyes, there are no blind spots. Vistage member companies grow their revenues, on average, at more than 2X the percentage growth and reduce their hours worked. Please visit www.vistagegroupchair.com or email [email protected]

Chairman at Vistage International

November 2007 - Present

I assist my Chief Executives to become better leaders, make the best decisions, and achieve significantly better results. See www.vistagechairgroup.com for information about my members. Vistage International -- the world's largest and leading CEO membership organization with over 15,000 members in 200 cities and 16 countries.

Corporate Secretary at Cultivating Brillance Institute, formerly Human Development Foundation

2005 - February 2011

The OPEN GATE Program tackles a problem rarely dealt with by schools, and we know of no program in the country that serves a similar population. Our objective is to provide stimulating educational resources and learning experiences for intellectually gifted, low-income elementary students because these remarkable children are the most likely to fall prey to the negative influences of impoverished neighborhoods. Children of exceptionally high intelligence - commonly labeled as ‘gifted’ - have special needs that, if not met at an early age, place them at high-risk of experiencing academic and emotional problems that can severely inhibit their development. OPEN GATE was launched in 1998 because it recognized that gifted students from low-income families are at an extraordinarily high risk, as they not only face the challenges of being ‘gifted’, but are also subject to problems and dangers that are inherent to their socioeconomic status.

Advisory Board at Egetgoing

2002 - 2004

Assisted with creating online treatment program for alcohol and drug users

Real Estate Developer at Intown Homes

January 1969 - December 1984

Founder and CEO: Multiple real estate construction, development, and food service companies in Chicago, Atlanta a San Diego serving 1,000,000+ customers, raising more than $57,000,000 with sales of $130,000,000+ Developer of award-winning communities consisting of more than 1000 homes, apartments, town homes, condominiums, and single-family residences (apartments, condominiums, townhouses in Chicago & Atlanta

Advisory Board Member at San Diego Grantmakers

January 2006

In additon to serving on the board for 6 years, I was a Founding member: SDG Military Working Group addressing the needs of the military and their families and Education Funders Working Group building an initiative with the single mission of fostering investment in programs that result in the successful education of our region’s children. The Mission of San Diego Grantmakers is to connect, educate, develop and inspire organized philanthropy to be more effective individually and collectively.

Immediate Past President at Social Venture Partners International

May 2005

President of Social Venture Partners International (SVPI), a worldwide network of 2000+ partners, in 25 cities and 3 countries, who want to change how we change the world by transforming our communities, transforming nonprofits and ourselves.

Founding Partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners

April 2001

Founding partner and Volunteer CEO of SVPI affiliate, San Diego Social Venture Parters (SDSVP) who cultivate effective philanthropists, drive community solutions with time, talent and resources, help non-profit organizations become more effective, accountable and sustainable. We are always looking for accomplished individuals who wish to have fun leveraging their money and expertise to help non-profit organizations become more effective, accountable and sustainable. We apply the power of business to the passion of giving using a venture capitalist model to generate outstanding results. In the last 10 years, SDSVP has delivered to the San Diego Community: · 330 new philanthropists · 19+ million in cash and in kind services · More than 86,000 strategic, volunteer hours

CEO at Premier Asset Management Services, Inc.

February 1985

Develops and manages a diversified real estate portfolio in Chicago, Bethesda and San Diego. Managed a successful turnaround and sale of a restaurant chain

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1962 – 1966

Bachelor of Science

Charitable causes, philanthropic leadership and making the world better one community at a time Leisure activities include, exercise, yoga, theater and movies