David Perez, a 2 Life 18 Foundation Inc. Board of Director, was recently honored by A&E Network as one of the top 10 people in the world in 2005 who have had the greatest impact over the last year. His efforts during the Katrina disaster not only helped thousands of people, but gave inspiration to many more. Recipient of the 2005 NAACP President’s Award, he has also been featured on 15 nationally televised programs including CNN’s “Heroes Among Us”, as well as on CNBC, ABC, KGTV, NBC, MSNBC and over 66 articles have appeared in international publications.

He is currently CEO of Surge Global Energy, headquartered in San Diego (with a subsidiary in Calgary, Canada), which specializes in oil and gas exploration. Mr. Perez and Robert Hotto have founded Chai Energy, LLC a humanitarian company whose mission it is to provide improved clean drinking water, alternative energy technologies to effect solutions throughout the world, with emphasis on the poor and third world countries.