About Us

About Us

Beginnings

The GDC concept was born in 1993 when founder, Melissa Greer, left IBM as the program manager of Employee Events and Corporate Discount Programs. Eager to serve a wider client base, as well as to provide expanded services, Ms. Greer decided it was time to go out on her own. Armed with her experience, and an innovative idea, the company that would become GDC was born.

Networking

Drawing on her background in the field, and over 20 years experience, Ms. Greer and her staff of professionals have formed a prodigious network with the travel and leisure industry and the arts and entertainment community. These connections make it possible to offer club members the creative options and affordable prices that are the core principles of GDC's success.

Who Joins GDC?

GDC has been privileged to include clients from fortune 500 corporations to smaller non-profit organizations. Many of our members are from IBM, Hitachi, Cisco Systems, Applied Materials, AMD, University of California at Santa Cruz, Coldwell Banker, McGraw Hill just to name a few.

Give A Little…Save A Lot! Giving Back to the Community is GDC's NUMBER ONE Focus

30% of every GDC general membership fee

50% of non-profit organization membership fees go to those non-profits' causes

50% of income generated from the GDC Shopping Site and GDC Travel Network Site

50% of GDC Partner-Vendor Fees go to the Vendors' charities of choice

Everyone can give even MORE to charitable organizations, through "The Giving Corner". No cost to our members. Just a simple click helps various causes such as the Literacy Site, Hunger Site and more.

We believe that it is possible to be profitable and charitable simultaneously.

Our motto “Give a Little…Save a Lot.” really does say it all.

Our members win AND the community wins.

Together...We Can Make A Difference