[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1917]
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             IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF RINALDO S. BRUTOCO

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
Rinaldo S. Brutoco, a successful technical innovator, entrepreneur and 
businessman who has dedicated his life to transforming the 
consciousness of business to be a force for the common good. Mr. 
Brutoco consistently invests his time, expertise and personal resources 
to incubate peace-building, ecological sustainability and 
consciousness-raising initiatives.
  As President and founder of the World Business Academy, he has worked 
to educate, inspire and assist business leaders to take responsibility 
for society. His work with the Academy led Deepak Chopra to select Mr. 
Brutoco as his ``favorite intelligent optimist,'' saying, ``Rinaldo 
Brutoco has provided a platform for harnessing the creativity and 
compassion of some of the best minds in the world to create a vision of 
the future of socially and ecologically responsible business. As we now 
enter a global economic crisis, Rinaldo's ideas on the creation of true 
wealth that will benefit society will become even more valuable.''
  Mr. Brutoco was instrumental in the founding of the National Peace 
Academy, a historic learning institution that focuses on peace through 
programs that develop an understanding of the self's role in non-
violent conflict resolution. The National Peace Academy is preparing 
the next generation of peace builders who will bring their unique 
background to communities as well as the corporate, nonprofit, and 
government workplace.
  As Principal and CEO of the ShangriLa Group, Mr. Brutoco consults on 
the leading edge of business, renewable energy, international micro and 
macroeconomics, technology and finance.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in honor of Rinaldo S. Brutoco a 
practical visionary, change agent and futurist who has compassionately 
devoted his life, extensive knowledge and considerable talents to the 
betterment of life on our planet.

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