USPAACC National President & CEO Wins MBDA's "Advocate of the Year" Award

WASHINGTON - Aug. 6, 2014 - PRLog -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) honored USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen with the "Advocate of the Year" Award during the Awards Luncheon on August 1, 2014 at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, DC.

Alejandra Castillo, MBDA’s National Director, presented the award to Allen during the “Champions of Minority Business Development” luncheon.

Bruce Andrews, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce, was the Keynote Speaker at the event.

"This recognition strongly validates the arduous work that USPAACC has been doing for the last 30 years in giving a single and unified voice on behalf of the Asian American business community across the country and across industries," said USPAACC’s Allen. "Our goal is to create parity and to provide our constituents wider access to opportunities and results-oriented tools and resources, so that they could effectively compete in the mainstream and in the global marketplace."

The special event was the highlight of the 2014 National Minority Enterprise Development Week Conference (MED Week), held July 31 to August 1, and attended by hundreds of minority business owners, industry leaders, corporate procurement officers and federal government officials.

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ABOUT USPAACC: Founded in 1984 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) is headquartered in Washington, DC with Regional Chapters in CA, NY, TX, GA, IL, CT, MD-VA-DC 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 29 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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