USPAACC Appoints New Northeast Regional Chapter President

EDISON, N.J. - Nov. 15, 2013 - PRLog -- In its continuing effort to bolster its presence and activities that ensure the growth of small- and minority-owned businesses in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania region, USPAACC announced the appointment of Anisa Balwani as its new Northeast Regional Chapter President, at a networking reception held November 7 in Edison, New Jersey.

Co-hosted by USPAACC and Wells Fargo, 180 guests registered for the event at The Mirage Banquet Hall. They included Asian American and other small/minority business owners and several Corporate members, including Mars Chocolate who holds a seat on the Chapter’s board.

Balwani is the Owner and President of RCI Technologies, a New Jersey-based Information Technology Professional Services firm and USPAACC-certified member. The company is the recipient of USPAACC’s Fast 50 Asian American Businesses Award in 2009. As USPAACC NE Chapter President, Balwani succeeds Savio Chan, who will now assume the role of Ex Officio President.

“We are delighted to welcome Anisa to the USPAACC team, and we thank Savio for his dedication and service,” said USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen, who made the official announcement at the event. “As we look to a new horizon in this region, we anticipate with excitement the programs the Northeast Chapter leadership will create as they establish their platform to increase business access, growth, and prosperity for their constituents in the region.”

“I welcome the challenge to further strengthen USPAACC’s role and presence in the Northeast as we endeavor to create more opportunities for robust growth among the small and minority businesses to thrive in the mainstream,” said newly-appointed USPAACC Northeast Chapter President Balwani. “Thank you for the honor of representing USPAACC in the region and I look forward to making this Chapter much stronger and successful.”

In September, USPAACC National recommended Balwani to participate in a Congressional Roundtable Discussion presided by U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-Louisiana), the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. There, Balwani shared her thoughts on issues and challenges faced by Asian American-owned businesses at the program entitled “Closing the Wealth Gap: Empowering Minority-Owned Businesses to Reach Their Full Potential for Growth and Job Creation.”

A graduate of the Executive Management Programs at the Amos Tuck School of Business and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Balwani resides in Edison, New Jersey with her husband and two children.

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ABOUT USPAACC: Founded in 1984 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, USPAACC is headquartered in Washington, DC with Regional Chapters in CA, TX, NY, GA, IL, CT, DC-MD-VA National Capital Area. USPAACC is the single unified voice for equal opportunity for Asian American businesses. We promote and propel economic growth by opening doors to business, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, government at the federal, state and local levels, and the small and minority business community. For 28 years, USPAACC has served and will continue to serve as the gateway to large corporate and government contracts, top-caliber Asian American and small and minority suppliers, key information about Asian Americans and business opportunities in the dynamic Asia-Pacific market.

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