Dr Christopher C. York has served as Secretary of the Citibank’s Board of Directors, Associate  General Counsel of Citicorp, Vice President for Planning and Marketing of the AmBase Corporation and Executive VP for management and COO of Project Hope. For the past decade he has operated his own international consultancy, specializing in strategic marketing planning. He served on the Board of Keyport Benefit Life Insurance Company and as a Trustee of NASA’s Center for Technology Commercialization, He has served on a number of academic, federal and state advisory councils regarding health policy and financial regulation, and has published articles in professional journals. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, a member of The Pilgrims Society and the Phi Beta Kappa. He holds an AB from Colgate University, an MA from the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii, and a JD from the Emory University Law School. His academic specialties are Russian and Asian studies, Overseas Business and International Law. He served four years active duty as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He is a founding partner of Academica Associates.