Long active in San Diego's international civil society community, David Edick Jr. is the Immediate Past President and current member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego World Affairs Council. He is also the Past President of the San Diego International Sister Cities Association. In 2015, he served as Chair of the Steering Committee, which led to the establishment of San Diego's 16th sister city relationship (Ciudad de Panama, Panama). David currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Past President of the San Diego - Vladivostok (Russia) Sister City Society.
David is President of Core Global Advisory, a financial and management consultancy focused on energy, political risk, real estate, and global financial markets. He has worked abroad in Russia in the food trade and investment banking, and Mexico in the seafood business. David currently serves as an ex-officio member of the International Real Estate Council at the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors.