Donald H. Whitney

President and Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc.
Founder and President, The U.S. 10K Classic
Founder and President, the World Children’s Center

Corporate Events and Meetings (a division of Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc.) produces more than 250 team building and special events, serving over 1,000,000 annually, for the nation’s leading companies. Recognized internationally for their “Battle of the Superstars” and their unique “Employee Appreciation Days,” Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. also produces Tenant Appreciation Days, The Indoor Games and Company Picnics. Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. provides competitive team building games and special events which foster team spirit, camaraderie and fellowship to such clients as IBM, AT&T, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Coca-Cola, General Electric and Xerox.

In addition, Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. offers complete design, consulting and management services to executive health clubs and spas in the finest office parks, resorts and hotels in the country. Since 1981, Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. has opened, managed and served as consultants for over forty-five (45) properties, including such notable clients as Pebble Beach, Grand Cypress Resort, Hilton Hotels, Omni Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Coca-Cola, Trammell Crow, Rock Resorts in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotels at Laguna Niguel, Rancho Mirage, Atlanta and Naples, and the Mauna Lani, Hawaii. The company manages 18 executive health clubs/spas/fitness centers, serving over 52,000 members.

In Atlanta, Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. manages: 1155 PCW Fitness Center, Buckhead Athletic Club, The Blomeyer Health Fitness Center at Emory University, Capital City Health and Fitness Center, Cox Enterprises Inc. Fitness Center, Druid Hills Golf Club, Monarch Centre Executive Health Club, Newell Rubbermaid Fitness Center, The Art of Wellness at Atlantic Station, The Plaza Executive Health Club, Turner Athletic Club, Turner Athletic Club at Techwood, United Parcel Service (UPS) Health and Fitness Center, Georgia Pacific Fitness Center, Ronus Properties Health Club and the Wildwood Athletic Club.

Don is also the Founder and President of The United States 10K Classic. A local, national and international sporting event, held each Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, this road racing event (walkers, runners, inline skaters, cyclists and wheelchair athletes) brings people together from around the world. This Georgia 501(c) (3) non-profit event benefits (100% of the proceeds) children's charities to help banish hunger, malnutrition and child abuse. Since 1995 over $1.9 million has been distributed to beneficiaries assisting children in need. The United States 10K Classic was developed as a vehicle to bring awareness and funding to children’s charities, and for the development of the World’s Children Center, a planned community which will accommodate 500 homeless, orphaned and neglected children from Georgia, the United States, and the World.

The World Children’s Center is a 710 acre planned community in Haralson County (Tallapoosa, Georgia) for approximately 500 homeless, orphaned and/or neglected children from Georgia, the United States and the world. Ground breaking commenced in January 2007, with the first phase of homes to be built by National Builder of the year John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods. When complete, the World Children's Center will consist of 100+ homes serving 500+ children with two surrogate parents and up to six children in each home.

Whitney, a ten (10) year veteran tennis professional, worked with Sports Illustrated for RockResort Properties at the Dorado and Cerromar Beach Hotels in the Caribbean.

Don has been or is a member of and is active in such organizations as: Society of Incentive Travel Executives, Meeting Planners International, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Cobb County Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Club, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, SHRM Atlanta (Society for Human Resource Management) Junior Achievement, and serves on the Board of Directors for The United States 10K Classic and the World Children’s Center. He has been actively involved with Compassion International, WorldHelp, World Vision, IFCJ and the Christian Children’s Fund since 1976. Don was honored by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the “1995 Small Business Person of the Year” and was a finalist in the 2002 Business Division for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.