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Supplier Diversity Bid and Contract Opportunities
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Let's Do Business - NOW!
California financial services companies, in partnership with a coalition of community organizations, will host a one day business development forum in downtown Los Angeles to review contract opportunities for qualified diverse suppliers with their companies.
Thursday - June 19, 2008
7:30 AM-5:00PM
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 624-1000
Participating West Coast Financial Institutions
- Bank of America
- Bank of the West
- City National Bank
- Citigroup
- Comerica
- Countrywide
- East West Bank
- HSBC
- Merrill Lynch
- Union Bank of California
- US Bank
- Wachovia
- WAMU
- Wells Fargo & Company
Registration Details to Follow
Enhancing the Economic Potential of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
a Report to the President from the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
NCAABA Executive Director Featured in Asian Week
WALNUT, Calif. - Jamie Borromeo is the new executive director of the National Council of Asian American Business Associations.
Jamie Borromeo
The umbrella business and nonprofit group, headquartered in Los Angeles, will be represented by Borromeo, current an aide to San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen and former intern of Rep. Michael Honda (CA-15). Borromeo is currently editor-in-chief of Asian Enterprise magazine, the country's largest circulating Asian American business magazine.
"I grew up with a father who struggled as an entrepreneur, trying to obtain contracts as a supplier, and a mother who passionately fought for the rights of Asian Americans trying to gain access in the business world," said Borromeo. "Their story is similar to so many other small business owners' stories, and I feel it is my duty as a young person to carry on their mission."
While interning with Rep. Honda's office, Borromeo assisted in drafting legislation to assist Hurricane Katrina victims, which led to her senior thesis on the inequalities faced by New Orleans' Asian Americans after the hurricane.
The former UC Santa Cruz student's new role is part of an effort to introduce "new blood" and continue a legacy paved by Asian American business leaders.
She leads an organization formed in 2000 to provide a national voice for 380,000 small businesses on issues of economic development, public contracting and private procurement, and public and fiscal policies affecting them. The group's work includes small business and financial literacy programs, minority/women business enterprise certification and receiving more than one-half million dollars in corporate support for three years. A Silicon Valley office will be established in 2008.
National Council of Asian American Business Associations
