The state of Supplier Diversity and Procurement took center stage on the second day of the virtual CelebrASIAN Business + Procurement Conference, held June 9. The deep-dive discussions from Fortune 500 subject-matter experts and practitioners were held to benefit minority businesses who want to be part of the billion-dollar supply chain of these major corporations.
USPAACC, the most established and experienced national non-profit Asian American chamber of commerce has announced its annual signature CelebrASIAN Business + Procurement Conference with an emphasis on creating an equal opportunity platform for minority and diverse businesses through allyship and inclusion.
A virtual symposium and trade fair was held on April 28 to help diverse businesses enter, compete, and grow in the trillion-dollar communications or tech sectors. The Symposium brought together the country's major players in the telecommunications industry: AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon.
Since 1984, USPAACC has been advocating for equal opportunity and fair treatment for Pan Asian American businesses. We welcome the passage with broad bipartisan support of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act by the Senate.
A Manifesto for AAPI People and Diverse Americans
The milestone event also paid tribute to select “Stars” from Corporate America, government agencies, and the Asian American business community who have helped USPAACC achieve its mission of providing procurement opportunities for its members, and for creating a unified and amplified voice for inclusion, equality, and economic growth on behalf of the Pan Asian American business community.
After much deliberation, judges of the 6th Annual USPAACC “What’s Your Pitch: Innovations Meet the Market” competition have selected the grand prize winner, and the second and third prize winners. Eleven finalists presented their innovations live, to a panel of subject matter expert judges, and before a virtual audience. Check our 2020 winners!
USPAACC member Esolvit, Inc. has been selected as the 2020 Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA’s) 2020 Minority Professional Services Firm of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Procurement executives and the supply chain leadership of eight Fortune 1000 corporations and two academic institutions participated in USPAACC's virtual CPO roundtable to discuss the impact of the pandemic on their operations and strategic solutions going forward.
Global industrial and manufacturing firm Ingersoll Rand presented the Ingersoll Rand Manufacturer Award to GrowSquares, the 1st place winner of US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC)’s 5th annual national “What’s Your Pitch: Innovations Meet the Market,” on June 5, 2019 at the Hilton Americas-Houston in Texas.
When Angie Klett, Senior Vice President IT CFO and Chief Procurement Officer at Nationwide, recently visited Howard University – a federally chartered historically black university in Washington, DC – to speak to college students about careers in supply chain, she set up a video call with her sister, a primary school teacher, and her class of 3rd graders, 400 miles away in Columbus, Ohio.
