Asian American Pacific Islander Month: Diverse Perspectives and Lasting Impressions
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- Location: New York County Dental Society Headquarters
- Address: 622 Third Ave, 9th Fl , New York, NY
Celebrate AAPI Month with NYDSA and NYCDS! Join us for a special program featuring distinguished speakers and professionals from diverse fields. Explore AAPI contributions, enjoy refreshments, and network. Don't miss out!
Panelists:
Kevin D. Kim is the Commissioner for the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), a dynamic City agency focused on equity of opportunity leading to economic self-sufficiency and mobility for New York City's diverse communities. Among the initiatives SBS successfully launched: 1) largest public-private partnership loan fund in NYC directed to small businesses ($75M); 2) Cannabis NYC to outreach and educate New Yorkers on the opportunities connected to this newly-legalized market; 3) Small Business Forward - recommending more than 100 reforms to violations that overly-burdened small businesses, saving small businesses millions of dollars annually; and 4) Small Business Advisory Commission to give actual small business owners a seat at the table when important policy decisions are being made. Commissioner Kim is an attorney, entrepreneur, and public servant. As a son of immigrant small business owners, and a former co-founder/operator of several small businesses, he understands first-hand the various challenges small businesses face.
In public service, Commissioner Kim served as the first Asian American commissioner of the New York State Liquor Authority. For more than a decade, he has been a recognized community leader serving on the boards of various non-profit organizations, including the CUNY Board of Trustees, President (Biden)'s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and American Red Cross (Queens). He is also a certified community mediator through his participation in the Black Korean Mediation Project. Commissioner Kim is a proud product of the NYC public school system, having attended K-12 in Queens (graduating from Townsend Harris High School at Queens College). He received his B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review.