Multicultural Business Coalition (MBC) Announces Formation at Yonkers Brewery

The newly launched Multicultural Business Coalition (MBC) marks a major shift in how ethnic and multicultural chambers of commerce collaborate nationwide. Historically, many of these chambers—representing diverse immigrant, faith-based, and minority business communities—operated independently, limiting their collective influence. Now, through MBC, roughly 65 organizations have united to form one of the largest alliances of multicultural business groups in the U.S.

The coalition’s goal is to amplify the collective economic and civic power of communities spanning Hispanic, Asian, Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern, Jewish, South Asian, and immigrant constituencies, with particularly strong representation from the New York–New Jersey region and ties to national and international partners. Leaders say the alliance was born from common challenges shared across these groups, including barriers to capital access, equitable contracting, discrimination, and lack of unified representation in policymaking.

MBC’s elected leadership includes:

Frank Garcia, Chairman

Kenneth Roldan, President

Duvi Honig, Secretary and Co‑Founder (CEO of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce)

Yenisei Bell and Anupam Dutta, Second Vice Chairs

Mark Jaffe, Legal Affairs

James Kim, International Relations

Jairo Guzman, Treasurer

Manuel Lebrón and Porras Zambrano, Board Members

MBC’s emergence signals that multicultural business organizations are moving toward coordinated advocacy, shared resources, and national economic influence rather than operating in silos.

Organizations represented at the launch included the Asian American Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Bangladeshi American Chamber of Commerce, Bronx Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ecuadorian International Chamber of Commerce, Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, Greater New York Nepali Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce, Korean American Chamber of Commerce USA, Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Texas, National Association of Small and Local Chambers of Commerce (NASLCC), National Supermarket Association, New Jersey Veterans Chamber of Commerce, New York State Ecuadorian Chambers of Commerce, Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, Peruvian Chamber of Commerce USA, United Bodegas of America, United States Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (USBCCI), World Wide Association of Small Churches, and numerous additional organizations nationwide.