Mr. Asbury has been an entrepreneur involved in global business since graduating from Rowan State University in New Jersey in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He moved to Asia in 1981 to represent the interests of a number of U.S. manufacturers throughout the region.

In 1987, he founded Asbury WorldWide which became the largest American Export Management Company in its segment, with twelve distribution facilities around the globe. In 1989, he began FAB Asia, Inc. in Manila, Philippines, which was the exclusive Asian fabricator of commercial kitchens for McDonalds as well as other well-known American restaurant chains.

After selling his group of companies in July of 1999, Mr. Asbury established Greenfield World Trade which is a global Trading Company selling and servicing American manufactured products in over 130 countries to both the retail and commercial markets. He further acquired J. Cobo, a distribution company with operations throughout Latin America; General, a manufacturer of food preparation equipment; Zeroll a manufacturer of high end kitchen gadgets and Omega, a manufacturer of electrical kitchen appliances.

No stranger to Capitol Hill, Mr. Asbury has received the E-Star Export Award and the Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is a founding faculty member of Export University (a collaboration between the District Export Council and the U.S. Department of Commerce). He has testified before the Philippine Senate on multiple occasions on foreign trade. He is chairman of the Florida District Export Council, appointed to serve by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee to Governor Charlie Crist of Florida and a member of the prestigious International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.

Gregory Sandler is president of ThinkGlobal Incorporated. He has been active in international business for more than 20 years, has made presentations on exporting and marketing at local and national conferences, and has contributed articles on international business to numerous national magazines, such as Business Week, World Trade and Export Today.

As president of ThinkGlobal, Greg oversees the publication of Commercial News USA www.thinkglobal.us, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce. ThinkGlobal also publishes ThinkEducationUSA.com, an international student recruitment website. ThinkGlobal Inc. – online at www.thinkglobal.us – specializes in print and online publishing, website development and graphic design.