Rod to Join HOBY Board

Hugh O'Brian Youth changes the lives of upcoming leaders from around the world.

by Rod D. Martin
November 21, 2005

I am extremely pleased to announce that I have just been named to the international Board of Governors of Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY), the truly extraordinary organization founded in 1958 by TV's "Wyatt Earp" after his two-week stay with Dr. Albert Schweitzer at his African hospital.

HOBY trains outstanding high school sophomores to be leaders, to be responsible, to be compassionate, and to understand "America's Incentive System" of free markets and free minds. The very best students from almost 80 countries and all 50 states are selected to participate in state-level seminars, and the cream of that crop in a ten-day World Leadership Congress in Washington, D.C.

Among many other things, they gain an opportunity for a uniquely hands-on experience with the world's top leaders and innovators, from Presidents and Prime Ministers to dot-com billionaires and Oscar-winning actors. And the relationships they build at HOBY last a lifetime, not least bec…