JACKIE POSTMA, THE CO-OWNER OF THE LOCAL ADVERTISING AGENCY ADLANTA AND OLYMPIC ENVOY FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, IS PARLAYING THE RELATIONSHIPS SHE DEVELOPED WITH BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ATHLETES INTO A NEW CAREER PROMOTING INVESTMENT AND TRADE IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY.
“THEY NEED ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING,” MRS. POSTMA TOLD GLOBALFAX IN AN INTERVIEW DURING WHICH SHE TRACED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH A COUNTRY SHE KNEW PRACTICALLY NOTHING ABOUT UNTIL SHE WAS ASSIGNED BY THE ATLANTA COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES TO SERVE AS THEIR ENVOY.
DURING THE BUILD-UP TO THE GAMES AND ON THROUGH THEIR AFTERMATH, MRS. POSTMA DEVELOPED A PARTICULARLY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH AMIRA KAPETANOVIC, BOSNIA’S CHEF DE MISSION ATTENDING THE OLYMPICS.
MRS. KAPETANOVIC SERVES AS AN ADVISOR TO ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, THE MUSLIM PRESIDENT WHO HEADS THE COUNTRY’S NEWLY ELECTED THREE-MAN PRESIDENCY.
MS. POSTMA ALSO GOT TO KNOW THE ATHLETES WHO TRAINED FOR THE GAMES IN PELL CITY, ALA., AND THEIR HOST FAMILIES.
ALTHOUGH SHE HAS NOT BEEN TO BOSNIA AS OF YET, SHE CONTINUES TO STUDY THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO HER FIRST TRIP. SHE ALSO IS TRACKING THE INTERNATIONAL FUNDING PROGRAMS PROVIDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SHE MAY BE REACHED BY CALLING (770) 396-2100, OR AT HER E-MAIL ADDRESS OF JPOSTMA@MINDSPRING.COM