She
is the inexhaustible Canadian /Italian/American who
permeates all strata of society. She is the extraordinary world
Ambassador for mankind ... representing both Governments
and the UN. She divides her time between California, London,
New York, Toronto and travels the world in between.
Throughout
her life Jo Lee has had this uncanny essence of
envisioning a dream, putting it into motion and getting people
to give. She's revolutionized the Charitable World. We call her:
the non-profit machine.
Born
with a unique beat in her heart, Jo Lee has been a pioneer
in the 'art of originality.' Her father was an Italian Diplomat,
her mother a maestro and the late Lord Thomson, Baron of
Fleet, was her personal mentor.
And
so where did her major world of productivity all begin ~
On
the Pacific Coast at her home in San Francisco, on July 1 of
1985 with a vision of HOW she could give birth to improving
the lives of the young.
YES!
INTERNATIONAL was born.
From
1985 through 1987 ~ The powers of big people in big business as
MEL WEISS, the creator of the 'take-out hamburger' and Corn Chips
and Nachos and the builder of the largest athletic/tennis club
in the U.S. and RICHARD SWIG, the Founder and Creator of Fairmont
Hotels, gave Jo Lee 'carte blanche' for her dreams. And our worlds
of Hollywood and Disney and George Lucas - facilitated whatever
'the crazy idea' designed in her brain... more