A.B. Short
A.B. Short, CEO and Co-Founder, Medshare International. MedShare International provides vital medical supplies and equipment to economically developing countries by recycling unneeded surplus from U.S. manufacturers, distributors and healthcare systems. MedShare recovers and delivers medical goods that are valuable and needed, but which would be discarded due to procedural excess, regulatory requirements or production overage. Shipments go to qualified healthcare facilities in developing countries and are customized by direct product orders from MedShare's stock by the recipient institutions. MedShare offers U.S. healthcare providers and suppliers an environmentally and socially responsible alternative to throwing away medical materials. For the previous seventeen years (1981-1998), AB worked on poverty issues in the Atlanta area as an educator, advocate and service provider, including being marketing director for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and founding a hospitality ministry, the Community of Hospitality (a non-profit corporation with a focus on homeless issues), Café 458 (a “by reservation only” restaurant for homeless people) and the Oakhurst Recovery Program (a longterm residential alcohol and drug treatment program). AB received the Stone Soup Award from the NASW, the Kleenex Award (with Bob Freeman) from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the Bell Award from the Georgia Lawyers Association and the Giraffe Award. He was recognized by Jimmy Carter in his book Living Faith. One of the greatest affirmations has been the opening of several “Café 458’s” around the country. AB is especially proud of the Inspiration Café in Chicago and Café Joshua in Boca Raton, Florida. AB was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He has a Master’s in Sociology from Mississippi College and a Master’s of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.