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Miracle Corners Of The World Edward J. Bergman Personal Bio
Eddie serves as a part-time faculty member at the City University of New York (CUNY) - Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn lecturing on Tourism and Entrepreneurship. Eddie co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Miracle Corners of the World, Inc. (MCW), a non-profit organization, which serves young people worldwide, primarily through programs of leadership training, community center and housing development, and healthcare outreach, with a special focus on Africa. He also serves as President of Innovative Development Services Inc. (IDS), a consulting firm that provides customized consultation services for nonprofit, government and private sector organizations in the areas of international development, communications, travel and tourism, and organizational management. He received his Masters from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a major in "Social Entrepreneurship" and his BS in Hotel and Tourism Management from NYU's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, where he was a Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. Eddie serves on the board of directors of several international organizations in the non-profit, education and travel trade sectors including Shared Interest Inc., The Synergos Institute, the advisory boards of the International Crisis Group, the NYU SCPS Center for Global Studies, the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Studies and the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship graduate scholars selection committee. He has received several humanitarian awards. Africa
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Eddie
was recently appointed Executive Director of the New York
headquartered Africa Travel Association (ATA), the premiere
international travel industry trade association, promoting
tourism to the African continent and intra-Africa travel and
partnership since 1975. ATA membership includes African
Ministries of Tourism, Tourism Boards, airlines, hoteliers,
travel agents, tour operators, media, public relations
firms, NGOs, and other individuals actively engaged in the
promotion of travel to the African continent.
