African American Small Business Foundation Launches In NY

New York, New York - African American Small Business Foundation Launches In NY to provide services to small business owners in New York with a focus on Downstate, New York. Phil Andrews the President of New York State’s largest African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is the Founding President of the African American Small Business Foundation.

About: Founding President - African American Small Business Foundation, Inc. - Phil Andrews is the current President of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (LIAACC) and President-Emeritus of Black Public Relations Society-New York. He is a two-term Past President of a local chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. having served two terms as President.

The chapter in which he was president was Founded in 1974 and is the second oldest chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc."The 100" serves as an international coalition focused on creating
educational opportunities, promoting economic empowerment, addressing health disparities and creating positive mentoring relationships. He serves on the advisory board for WA Public Relations Company. Mr. Andrews’s current leadership at the Long Island African American Chamber is spearheading LIAACC to become the largest African American Chamber of Commerce in New York State.

The chamber currently serves the four counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Kings. He has served on the Public Relations Committee for the Harlem Book Fair on Long Island {which attracted over 2000 participants in 2003), as Public Relations Committee Member of the New York Metro Black MBA Association and the 100 Black Men of Long Island. He currently serves on
the board of directors of the Interfaith Nutrition Network and the Long Island Association. Phil Andrews is the President of the Board of Directors of St. Anthony's Temple Church, Inc. In addition, Mr. Andrews is the Founding President of the 100 Black Men of New York which serves the 14 counties in Downstate, New York.

In 1995 and 1998, Mr. Andrews' excellence in his field garnered the Small Business Person of the Year award by two branches of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce (Roosevelt and West Indian Chambers, respectively). He has also received a number of proclamations and citations from notable political officials including former Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gullotta, former Town of Hempstead Supervisor Richard Guardino and Assembly-woman Earlene HooperHill, 18th Assembly District of Long Island NY. In 2012, Phil Andrews was honored by the Korean American Association of Greater New York with the “Good Neighbor Award. Mr. Andrews was also inducted as one of the Kings of Queens Honorees in 2014.

Phil Andrews Interview with Wallingford Lee Host of the International Grapevine Television Show (Mr. Andrews is looking forward to expanding his work at the African American Small Business Foundation to help scale up small business owners in New York, State)

As President of LIAACC on March 24, 2016 the chamber was awarded and Excellence in Communication Award by Long Island Business News. In 2019 the New York District Office of the United States Small Business Administration named Phil Andrews as its 2019 Small Business Champion for 14 counties in Downstate, New York. He has been named to City & State Magazine Top 100 Power List on numerous occasions. In March of 2021 Mr. Andrews was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Long Island Association and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Nutrition Network. In November of this year, he was inducted into the Long Island Business News 2021 Class of Hall of Fame Inductees at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, New York.

Phil's work has been featured in multi-platform publications including Black Star
News, The New York Beacon, Amsterdam News, Minority Business Review, The Network Journal and more. He is also featured in "15 Years of Minority Business Development" a book published by Mr. Robert Adams. Mr. Andrews is listed in Who's Who in Black America and International Who's Who.

Prior to beginning joining the chamber, Phil was the Vice President and
Marketing Director of the Haircut Hut franchise for more than ten years.

Phil learned early on the importance of community and education. He was born and raised in Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn Technical High School (one of the country's most recognized schools for academic excellence). After serving several years in the US Navy and Army Reserves, attending York College (Jamaica, Queens, NY) and John Jay College, (New York, NY), he graduated from paralegal school and began a nearly twenty-year career in law enforcement. Community,
Service and Education have been constant themes in his life. Andrews' drive is a profound concern for his community. This has led him to serve on several Boards of Directors including—the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce, Roosevelt Kiwanis and the West Indian Chamber of Commerce as the Public Relations Director. Mr. Andrews owns the Power Networking Business Seminar Series, a business network that builds viable connections between community and business.

He continues to build networks in and across many an industry; but, none more important than that of the education and mentorship of young people. As a Certified Mentor, Phil Andrews' goals involve encouraging as many promising young men as possible by compelling them to serve with the very best of their minds.

About: African American Small Business Foundation - The African American Chamber Small Business Foundation, Inc. services the minority community in counties of Downstate, New York which includes New York City, Long Island, and the downstate counties of Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester.

The foundation provides Financial Literacy Training, Entrepreneurial Training, financial literacy, access to capital, workforce development, advocacy, chamber development, economic community empowerment, facilitate workshops and panels, and small business counseling services.

To be placed on email list for the programs and activities on the African American Small Business Foundation email: info@liaacc.org