Dear SAGE Friends Around the World,
As of today, we have 677 SAGEMAIL subscribers from 21 different countries. Subscribers include current SAGE students, SAGE alumni, teachers, policymakers, sponsors and business leaders. The purpose of this email is to provide a brief update from SAGE’s home office:
1. We are now up and running in 19 countries. Our newest countries are UAE and Burkina-Faso (Lansina To reports 12 high schools with SAGE teams). SAGE Philippines is now under new leadership, with Dr. Robert Galindez taking over the helm. Welcome, Robert!
2. I just returned from Nigeria, where the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, His Excellency Bala Mohammed, plans to build two new entrepreneurship centers in honor of SAGE. He is also going to encourage other members of the President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet to expand SAGE throughout the country. Thank you to Agwu Amogu, SAGE Africa coordinator, for the generous hospitality during my stay in Abuja, Nigeria.
3. The SAGE World Cup tournament will take place the last week of July, or sometime in the first two weeks of August, in…………..drum roll, please……………SAN FRANCISCO. Details to follow once they are known.
4. The SAGE USA tournament will take place on May 25-28 in the San Francisco Bay Area. We expect over 30 SAGE teams to compete.
5. The SAGEGLOBAL Board of Directors welcomes one new board member, Mr. Matt Enstice, from Buffalo, New York. He joins Ed Byers (Chair), Joe Pedott, Dr. Al Konuwa, and Van Ajemian on the board. Here is his biography:
Matt is President & CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. He has been with the BNMC since its creation in 2001, when he assumed a leadership position. At the time, Matt was a consultant with Niagara Consulting Group, a Western New York firm with a focus on urban planning and healthcare. Before that, through his position with Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC, Matt managed the Fixed Base Operations at the Niagara Falls International Airport, and oversaw the Niagara Falls Civic and Convention Center.
Prior to returning home to Buffalo in 1998, Matt worked in the entertainment industry, first in Los Angeles and then in New York City. He was a production assistant for Broadway Pictures, working on the movie Lassie, and a production coordinator with Saturday Night Live.
Matt holds a B.A. in English from Hobart College and a Master of Business Administration from Canisius College. He is currently active as a board and founding member of the South Buffalo Charter School, and serves on the boards of the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, Amherst Chamber of Commerce and Elmwood Franklin School.
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