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Mrs. Sun C. Lee is Chairman of the Board of the World Traditional Taekwondo Union, WTTU, a company she helped her late husband, Eternal Grand Master H. U. Lee, build from the ground up. The WTTU is a holding company for three affiliates, American Taekwondo Association (ATA), Superior Credit Services (SCS) and World Martial Arts Supply (WMA). The ATA also has international affiliates, which include the Songahm Taekwondo Federation, with schools located in several countries around the world. Since Eternal Grand Master Lee’s passing, not only has Mrs. Lee has

been active as the Chairman of the WTTU, but she has also been a driving force in keeping his legacy and dream alive. schools located in several countries around the world.

Mrs. Lee also serves as Chairman of the H.U. Lee Foundation, which has given over $100,000 in college scholarships to deserving students.

In 2003, Mrs. Lee joined the Rotary Club of Little Rock where she is currently an active member. In addition to the Rotary, Mrs. Lee is also actively involved with the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the International Women’s Forum and the Arkansas Women’s Forum. Also as a committed supporter of the Sister Cities program, Mrs. Lee works with Mayor Jim Dailey and Mr. Barry Travis on projects designed to bridge cultural gaps and bring a greater understanding to all peoples.

Lucas Lee was appointed National Director of the H. U. Lee Memorial Foundation in 2001. Since his birth, Songahm Taekwondo has been an integral element and foundation for his life. Named after the martial art, Taekwon Lee has served under his father, Grand Master Lee in many capacities. He began working part-time at ATA Headquarters at the age of 14 changing light bulbs and typing up rank certificates. Soon he earned his instructor title and began teaching Taekwondo classes. Years later, he worked as an Executive Administrator for his father, even succeeding to become an intern at the White House under the

administration of Grand Master Lee's student, President Bill Clinton. Currently, Mr. Lee is a 4th Degree Black Belt and former World Champion. He has spanned the globe along side his father to spread the spirit of Songahm and continues to do so.

On January 1, 1995, Jim Dailey was sworn in as the first popularly-elected Mayor of the City of Little Rock in over 38 years. Prior to his mayoral term, Dailey had served as a member of the Little Rock Board of Directors since January of 1989. After his reelection in 1992, the members of the Board chose him as Mayor.

In 1973, Mayor Dailey began his career in public life by serving on the Little Rock Board of Directors. After one term, Dailey left the public sector to concentrate on the family's office supply business. In 1980, he was elected President of the National Office Products Association, the first and only Arkansan to hold this position.

As Mayor of Little Rock, Dailey worked closely with the Board of Directors in overseeing the development and implementation of two community-wide collaborative efforts: FUTURE-Little Rock and Vision Little Rock. These efforts have led to the creation of a comprehensive vision and related action plan for Little Rock's first ten years of the new millennium.

In 1998, with support from Mayor Dailey, the Mayor's Youth Council was formed as a result of America's Promise. The Youth Council is a community-based youth organization that promotes youth volunteerism and provides community service projects each month. The Council represents 18 public and private schools in Little Rock with over 100 members in grades 9-12.

Dailey is the immediate past President of the Arkansas Municipal League. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Metroplan, Communities in Schools, Arkansas BioVentures and New Futures. Dailey is the past Vice-Chair of the National League of Cities (NLC) Steering Committee on Information, Technology, and Communications and was appointed to the NLC Board of Directors and the Municipalities in Transition on Public Finance recently. He has also been appointed to serve as Chair for the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee for the FCC.

The Mayor graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was born July 31, 1942 in Little Rock and has been married to Patti Murphy since 1965. They have two daughters, two sons and six grandchildren…a set of quadruplets, plus two.

Mayor Hays, a native of North Little Rock, is an attorney educated in Political Science and Law at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He practiced law in North Little Rock from 1973 until 1988, when he was elected to his first four-year term as Mayor. Mayor Hays is now serving his fifth term.

Prior to becoming Mayor, he was elected State Representative for District 66 and served in the 76th Arkansas General Assembly. Hays was also elected as the City of North Little Rock's delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1979-1980. He attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve.

He is Past President of the Arkansas Municipal League; appointed by former Governor Bill Clinton to the Arkansas State Jobs Training and Coordinating Committee; and appointed by former Governor Jim Guy Tucker to the Arkansas Police and Fire Pension Task Force and the Private Property Rights Task Force.

Mayor Hays is a member and Past President of Metroplan, the regional council of local governments for central Arkansas. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. Active in the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayor Hays was appointed to the National Unfunded Mandates Task Force, serves as Chairman of the Conference's Electric Utility Deregulation Task Force, serves as Co-Chair of the Conference’s Rail System Restoration Team, serves on the Homeland Security Task Force, and was elected to the Conference's Advisory Board in June of 1996. In June of 1999, Mayor Hays was elected as a Trustee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. As one of 13 Trustees, Mayor Hays shares in the executive and policy-making responsibility for the Conference. Also, Mayor Hays serves on the Advisory Board of the State and Local Legal Center, which is governed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. In June of 2003, Mayor Hays was appointed Chairman of Amtrak’s Mayors’ Advisory Council.

While a practicing attorney, Hays was elected as Clerk of the Assembly and Speaker at the Assembly of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, one of five national officers of the largest division of the ABA. He was also elected President of the Law Student Division of the ABA in 1972-73. He is admitted to practice in the State of Arkansas, Federal Courts in Arkansas and Texas, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mayor Hays is a recognized leader in community economic development, neighborhood revitalization, community-oriented policing, historic preservation and recreation development.