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Empowering Voices for Change

Advancing opportunity. Amplifying business voices.

USPAACC brings the perspectives of Pan Asian American and small-business communities to policymakers, industry leaders, and national conversations shaping America’s economy.

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Our role

A national voice, grounded in business communities.

USPAACC is the most established and largest national organization representing the Pan Asian American business and professional community in the United States.

Since its founding in the nation’s capital in 1984, USPAACC has developed connections and relationships with policy- and decision-makers in Congress, the Executive Branch, national trade associations, and think tanks. Our views on issues affecting the economy and international trade are often sought by legislators, researchers, and representatives of the media.

USPAACC is just as strongly tied to Asian American and small and medium-sized business and professional communities throughout the nation. It has regional chapters in California, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and the Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia National Capital area. Through this coast-to-coast network, the USPAACC team stays abreast of issues and opinions at the grassroots and national levels.

What we champion

Issues that shape opportunity.

Our advocacy reflects the practical needs of entrepreneurs, employers, and professionals across the country.

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Small-business growth

Access to contracting, capital, markets, and a fair competitive environment.

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Technology and access

Broadband expansion, digital adoption, innovation, and economic participation.

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Economic policy

Trade, procurement, workforce, and policies that create business opportunity.

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Equal opportunity

Fair treatment, representation, inclusion, and protection from discrimination.

Leaders of four national business chambers gathered together

Coalition leadership

Building influence through collaboration.

USPAACC is a founding member of the Chamber Leadership Alliance, working alongside other national chambers to advance shared economic priorities and expand opportunity for diverse businesses.

Chamber Leadership Alliance meeting: Ramiro Cavazos, President & CEO of USHCC; Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of USPAACC; Justin Nelson, Co-Founder & President of NGLCC; and Ron Busby, President/CEO of USBC.

Our advocacy record

More than three decades of engagement.

From congressional testimony and policy letters to coalition work and direct meetings with national leaders, USPAACC has consistently carried business community perspectives into public policy discussions.

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Recent engagement

2016 to present

  1. 2025

    Open Letter to the 119th Congress and the Trump Administration from the Health Equity Collaborative urging key healthcare reforms on behalf of underserved communities, including lower healthcare costs, protection of federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid, expanded access to medical innovation, greater representation in clinical research, and a more representative healthcare workforce.

  2. October 2023

    USPAACC National President and CEO Susan Au Allen and Alyn Hadar, Public Affairs Specialist for Advocacy, visited Capitol Hill to advocate for continued federal funding of the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP). Meetings were held with offices of House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), Representative Lou Correa (D-CA), and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

  3. June 23, 2021

    USPAACC asked Congress and Big Tech to work together to advance reforms to the technology industry that would benefit small businesses, recognizing the critical role platforms played in helping small businesses survive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  4. May 3, 2021

    USPAACC issued a statement welcoming the United States Senate’s passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act with broad bipartisan support, reaffirming its longstanding advocacy for equal opportunity and fair treatment for Pan Asian American businesses.

  5. 2019

    USPAACC joined the Automobile Manufacturers Alliance, now Alliance for Automotive Innovation, to advocate for legislation that would lead to adoption of Comprehensive Autonomous Vehicle Law. The innovation that will follow legislation, research, implementation, and related work will benefit small and minority business communities through job creation and business opportunities.

  6. Since 2018

    USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen has been an active Member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). There, she co-led Supplier Diversity programs for three years, resulting in two public Supplier Diversity events and a third event, the Tech Communications and Diversity Opportunity Symposium & Networking One-on-One Meeting Fair, on April 28, 2021. All three events were designed for the minority community. On March 29, 2021, the FCC issued a Public Notice Condemning AAPI Violence. USPAACC’s role on this Committee has been to advocate for effective nationwide outreach to minority communities, improved broadband access, broadband adoption education, business opportunities, and employment referrals.

    FCC committee information

  7. October 10, 2017

    Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of USPAACC, led a delegation of small business owners to meet with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross at his office in Washington, DC.

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  8. Since 2016

    In partnership with the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), USPAACC has advocated for fair and open competition on taxpayer-funded construction projects, opening more opportunities for qualified small businesses, minorities, and women in the construction industry. USPAACC is also a founding member of the Chamber Leadership Alliance (CLA), previously Chamber Training Institute (CTI), which began in 2010. The founding members of CLA are the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, and National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. USPAACC has also advocated over the years on specific issues on behalf of AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Walmart, the Associated Builders and Contractors, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and the International Franchise Association, as well as for the reauthorization of the Minority Business Development Agency.

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Policy advocacy archive2010 to 2016View record

  1. April 2016

    Letter to the Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman and Commissioners of the FCC, expressing concerns about the sweeping video navigation device rule introduced on February 18.

  2. March 2016

    Letter to the members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in support of the Blunt-Blumenthal Amendment to assure that revenue generated at airports would be used for airport-related purposes.

  3. February 2016

    Participated in the Minority-Owned Small Business Roundtable organized by the House Small Business Committee to discuss issues facing small business owners, at the invitation of Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY).

  4. December 2015

    Recommended a woman-owned small business to testify before the House Small Business Committee, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, on “Supporting Success: Empowering Small Business Advocates.”

  5. July 2015

    Met with House Small Business Committee Chairman Congressman Steve Chabot to discuss job creation and minority business growth programs.

  6. May 2015

    Published an article in The Washington Times about the Asian American vote in 2016.

  7. May 2015

    Met with Brad Bailey, Policy Advisor to Speaker Boehner, to discuss Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  8. April 2015

    Met with Congresswoman Judy Chu and Congressmen Mike Honda and Mark Takano to discuss Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  9. February 2015

    Sent a letter to SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet in support of Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  10. January 2015

    Joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an open letter to the 114th Congress regarding intellectual property.

  11. August 2014

    Sent a letter to the Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the FCC, in support of Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner.

  12. July 2014

    Joined the National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in an open letter to advance broadband access and adoption.

  13. June 2014

    Spoke at a Policy Summit in Washington, DC, on small business ownership.

  14. November 2013

    Recommended that President Obama recognize a USPAACC member’s success story in his immigration speech in San Francisco. The White House asked USPAACC to recommend a successful Asian American business whose inspiring immigrant story could be shared with a wider audience.

  15. November 7, 2012

    Supported AT&T’s Petition to Launch Proceeding Concerning the TDM-to-IP Transition.

  16. April 2012

    USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, DC, about the changing landscape in the global economy; the social and economic ties of Asian American business to the Asia-Pacific region; cultural competency that facilitates entry into this market; USPAACC’s role in corporate procurement; and how different groups can work together for the greater good.

  17. November 8, 2011

    Sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch applauding House passage of H.R. 1002, the Wireless Tax Fairness Act, and urging the Senate to support legislation that would help small businesses and consumers.

  18. March 3, 2011

    USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship about SBA’s 8(a), small and minority business programs, and current issues facing minority and small businesses.

  19. March 4, 2011

    USPAACC issued a press release announcing that National President & CEO Susan Au Allen testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on small and minority business issues.

  20. January 18, 2011

    Attended a press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in response to a union protest.

  21. January 6, 2011

    Met with the Latino Coalition about collaboration on advocacy activities on behalf of small and minority businesses.

  22. June 30, 2010

    Sent a letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman, advocating for public policies that promote broadband expansion and investment.

  23. May 25, 2010

    Held a Capitol Hill Day as part of the annual national 25th Anniversary CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference, now the CelebrAsian Procurement Conference. Participants met with Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye, the chiefs of staff for Senator Mary Landrieu and Senator Olympia Snowe, Congresswoman Judy Chu, and Congressmen Mike Honda and David Wu to discuss small and minority business concerns.

  24. January 13, 2010

    USPAACC, along with other chambers, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and the Commissioners asking them to carefully gather the facts and seek informed counsel before issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on network neutrality.

Foundational milestones1992 to 2009View record

  1. December 11, 2009

    Sent letters to Senators John McCain, Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, and Harry Reid in support of the importation of pharmaceuticals.

  2. 2008

    USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen was invited to join the Obama transition team to advise on small and minority business issues, specifically Asian American business issues, in commerce, labor, transportation, international trade, and energy.

  3. 2003

    Entered into a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration through a Memorandum of Understanding, pledging to collaborate through information and resources for Asian American small businesses across the country.

  4. 2002

    Helped organize a White House reception honoring Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with 150 select guests, including Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian American astronaut and first Indian woman in space, who was one of the seven crew members lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.

  5. 2001

    Worked across party lines to promote Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with former President George H.W. Bush and Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.

  6. 1992

    Met with President Bill Clinton at the White House to discuss Asian American perspectives on civil rights, education, and healthcare.

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