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Empower Your Business with Resources – Asian American Heritage Month Business Forum
May 16, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
2:00pm-2:30pm Opening Remarks
- Beth Goldberg, District Director, SBA New York District Office
- Marlene Cintron, Regional Administrator, SBA Region II
- Congresswoman Grace Meng
- Kevin Kim, Commissioner, NYC SBS
- Frank Wu, President, Queens College
- Yang Zeng, Director, Flushing Library
- Rosa Figueroa: LaGuardia Community College SBDC/Queens College Outreach Center
- Paola Bianco: York College SBDC
- Michael Fong, NYC SBS Asian-American Small Business Task Force
2:30pm-2:50pm Access to Capital
- Tianming Xia, Chase Bank
- Li Li, Dime Community Bank
- Tshering Gurung, Accompany Capital
- Jessie Lee, Renaissance EDC
- Leo Zhang, Pursuit
2:50pm-3:10pm Government Contracting
- Anna Yokubova, Deputy Commissioner, SBS M/WBE Recruitment & Eligibility
- Ricardi Calixtes, Deputy Director, Queens Economic Development Corp.
- Man-Li Lin, Economic Development Specialist, SBA New York District Office
- Lizbeth Rodriguez, Director, NE Small Business Transportation Resource Center
3:10pm-3:30pm Breakout Room- Connecting to the Experts
- Lenders
- Small Business Develop Centers
- Ying Zhou, Technical Incubator at Queens College
- Northeast Small Business Transportation Center, U.S. Department of Transportation
- NYC SBS Asian-American Small Business Task Force