Mayor Richard Riordan addressed the gathering of leading business organizations and their members in the Los Angeles Region, expressing satisfaction that three of his most important initiatives, education, entrepreneurship and international trade, were represented at the reception designed to bring together and match international business opportunities available in the globally diverse community. The Reception was the first of many outings planned for the students by mentor and course-developer Roosevelt Roby, President of The World Business Exchange Network (WBE.NET) a global Trade Association on the Internet.