Lunch Plenary - Investing in AAPI Business

September 20, 2022

• Remarks: Congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen (American Samoa)

• Moderator: Thear Suzuki, Global Client Service Partner, Consulting, EY

• Panelists: Erika Moritsugu, Deputy Assistant to the President, AA and NHPI Senior Liaison, The White House; Krystal Ka'ai, Executive Director, The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders; Michael Negron, Special Assistant To The President for Economic Policy, The White House; Aditi Dussault, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Small Business Administration

Investing in AAPI Business will bring White House and Administration officials together to discuss the various investments, commitments, and policies they have undertaken to support and uplift AAPI small businesses and communities. You will hear directly from the Biden-Harris Administration on their initiatives to ensure that AAPIs are not excluded from pandemic recovery efforts and wealth building projects.

Prior to the plenary discussion with White House and Administration officials, National ACE President and CEO Chiling Tong and the National Minority Supplier Development Agency (NMSDC)  CEO, Ying McGuire went on stage together to announce the partnership between their organizations and to sign an MOU to officially launch the partnership. National ACE and NMSDC will partner on advocacy efforts and work together to achieve policy solution for minority owned businesses.