The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses,including Hispanic and Latino American,Asian Pacific American,African American,and Native American businesses. The current Under Secretary is Don Cravins Jr.
Dina Powell,also known as Dina Powell McCormick is an American financial executive,philanthropist,and political advisor,best known for having been the United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy to President Donald Trump.
Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Global is an independent nonprofit organization that promotes safety,security,and sustainability through science and innovation. CRDF Global was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1992 under the FREEDOM Support Act and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation. This unique public-private partnership promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through grants,technical resources,and training. CRDF Global was originally named the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF).
Syspro is a software development and enterprise resource planning company providing integrated business software including accounting,manufacturing,and distribution operations.
The under secretary of defense (comptroller)/chief financial officer,abbreviated USD(C)/CFO,is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all budgetary and fiscal matters,including the development and execution of the Defense Department's annual budget.
Kien Pham is a private equity investor and philanthropist living and traveling between the U.S. and Vietnam. As an investor,he collaborates with TPG Capital (www.TPG.com),a leading U.S. firm with nearly US$100 billion under management and also with Red Square Vietnam,a boutique investment and advisory firm based in Ho Chi Minh city. As a philanthropist,Mr. Pham founded The Vietnam Foundation (www.vnfoundation.org),where he serves as its President,to provide scholarships,healthcare and other social assistance to the poor and handicapped people in Vietnam. Mr. Pham serves as a board member and strategic advisor to multiple companies and organizations in the U.S. and Vietnam.
Kenneth Ian Juster is a veteran American diplomat,who served as the United States Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021. He is currently Senior Counselor at the global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,Senior Adviser at the institutional investor CDPQ,Strategic Adviser at the software company Salesforce,and Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lean IT is the extension of lean manufacturing and lean services principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services. Its central concern,applied in the context of IT,is the elimination of waste,where waste is work that adds no value to a product or service.
The phrase women in business refers to women who hold positions in the fields of commerce,business and entrepreneurship. Today,the phrase advocates for increased participation of women in business,aiming to diversify the workforce.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992–1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Virginia "Ginni" Rometty is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1,2020. She was previously chairman,president and CEO of IBM,becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31,2020,after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012,she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales,marketing,and strategy. While general manager of IBM's global services division,in 2002 she helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business,becoming known for her work integrating the two companies. As CEO,she focused IBM on analytics,cloud computing,and cognitive computing systems.
The Commission on Asian &Pacific Islander American Affairs advises the Governor of California,the California Legislature and State agencies,departments and commissions on issues relating to the social and economic development,the rights and interests of Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities. The Commission also addresses how to respond most effectively to the views,needs and concerns of the State’s APIA communities. Members do not receive a salary. This position does not require Senate confirmation.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) is a United States governmental office that coordinates an ambitious whole-of-government approach to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders. The Initiative collaborates with the Deputy Assistant to the President and AA and NHPI Senior Liaison,White House Office of Public Engagement and designated federal departments and agencies to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for AA and NHPIs in the areas of economic development,education,health and human services,housing,environment,arts,agriculture,labor and employment,transportation,justice,veterans affairs,and community development.
Kiran Arjandas Ahuja is an American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She served as the chief of staff to the OPM director from 2015 to 2017. She assumed that position after serving for six years as the director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. An Indian-born American,she has also been a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice and a founding director of a non-profit,the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. In 2017,she became the CEO of Philanthropy Northwest.
Anna Aloys Henga is a Tanzanian lawyer and human rights activist who is known for her social services including women empowerment initiatives such as coordinating anti-female genital mutilation in Tanzania. She became the executive director of Legal and Human Rights Center in 2018.
James Edward Campos is an American businessman who served in the Trump administration as the Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the United States Department of Energy (DOE) between 2018 and 2021. Campos was nominated to the position on March 2,2018 by President Donald Trump and confirmed 98-2 by the United States Senate on April 9,2018.
Bonnie Glick is an American diplomat and businesswoman who served as the Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from 2019 to 2020. Nominated for the post by President Donald Trump in April 2018,she was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent in January 2019. On September 21,2021,Glick was announced as the inaugural director of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue during the Concordia Summit on the margins of the UN General Assembly. She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Chiling Tong is an Asian Pacific American activist and a public official. She has held various public offices under George W. Bush,Barack Obama,and Donald Trump. She is currently the president and chief executive officer of The National Asian Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce &Entrepreneurship and the Founding President of the International Leadership Foundation. She is one of the most prominent female Chinese American politicians since Elaine Chao.
