COUNCIL BUILDS ORGANIZATION WITH NEW TRUSTEES

   RICHMOND, Va. (October 1, 2003) - As project momentum for the First Freedom Center increases, the Council for America's First Freedom has expanded its Board of Trustees. In recent months, six new trustees have come on board:
   Professor Azizah Y. al-Hibri is a professor of law at the T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. She is on the advisory board of "Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly" (PBS) and the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. She founded KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights and currently co-directs the 96th American Assembly of Religion in Public Life. She also is a member of the Virginia State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the American Muslim Council and the Religious Leaders Task Force for the Prevention of Family Violence.
   Hugh F. Gouldthorpe, Jr. is Vice President of Quality and Communications at Owens and Minor. He serves on the board of directors of many Richmond organizations including the Children's Museum of Richmond, the Massey Cancer Center and the United Way of Greater Richmond.
   R. Spencer Hines, Jr. is a member of the Sterling Business Credit Network, and serves on the board of directors of the Richmond Ballet, Richmond Symphony, Federated Arts Council, Memorial Guidance Clinic, Richmond Memorial Hospital, United Way, Riverside School and Virginia Amateur Sports.
   Glade M. Knight is the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Cornerstone Realty Income Trust, Inc., Apple Suites, Inc. and Apple Hospitality Two, Inc. He is an advisory board member of the Graduate School of Real Estate and Urban Land Development and Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a founding member and active lecturer of the Entrepreneurial Department of the Marriott Graduate School of Business Management, Brigham Young University. He also is a former bishop of the Midlothian, Va., congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
   George K. Martin is a partner with McGuire Woods LLP, Real Estate and Environmental Department. He is on the board of directors for the Housing and Development Law Institute, as well as a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Virginia State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He also is a member of the Board of Visitors at James Madison University and Regent University School of Law.
   Hal Chapman Wingo is a retired magazine editor with AOL Time Warner. He was the founding editor of PEOPLE Weekly Magazine, and was later the international editor of PEOPLE, overseeing international editions in Australia and Taiwan. He served as far eastern regional editor of LIFE Magazine, directing coverage of the Vietnam War. He is a former member of the board of regents at Baylor University, and a member of the Richmond Hill Leadership Council.