Several Indian-Americans Sworn Into the White House Advisory Commission on Asian-Americans

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 21 February 2022, 21:15 IST
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Several Indian-Americans Sworn Into the White House Advisory Commission on Asian-Americans

The twenty-five-member Commission co-chaired by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and the U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai will advise President Biden

FREMONT, CA: Smita N. Shah, Ajay Bhutoria, Sonal Shah, and Kamal Kalsi were among the Indian-Americans sworn into the White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans office by VP Kamala Harris earlier this month. President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14031 permitted the founding of the Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The twenty-five-member Commission co-chaired by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and the U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai will advise President Biden on methods that enable public, private, and non-profit organizations to work together to improve equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities living in the U.S.

Smita N. Shah, an engineer, entrepreneur, and civic leader, who is serving as President and CEO of a Chicago-based multi-disciplinary company, is an expert in public and private infrastructure domains such as transportation, aviation, and facilities. Smita Shah currently serves in numerous roles with the Chicago Plan Commission, Delhi Chicago Sister Cities Program, and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.

Ajay Bhutoria, a Silicon Valley executive, community leader, speaker, and author, is a passionate supporter of the South-Asian and AAPI communities with regards to small businesses, educational possibilities, immigration problems, and technological improvement.

Sonal Shah will be the chief commissioner and has founded and led the Asian-American Foundation and the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. During the Obama administration, Shah founded the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation and led social impact programs at Goldman Sachs and Google.

Dr. Kamal Singh Kalsi, an emergency physician from New Jersey, has served in the U.S. Army for two decades and was awarded a Bronze Star medal for taking care of hundreds of combat casualties in Afghanistan. Dr. Kalsi founded the Sikh American Veterans Alliance to encourage diversity and religious freedom.