The new appointees are:
- Frederick W. Schoenhut, Chairman of the New York Board of Trade and appointed Chairman of the USIACC Corporate Advisory Board
- C. Harry Falk, President & CEO of the New York Board of Trade and appointed Member of the USIACC Corporate Advisory Board
- Joseph J. O'Neill, Senior Vice President of the New York Board of Trade and appointed Member of the USIACC Corporate Advisory Board
“It gives me and the US Indian American Chamber of Commerce great pleasure to have such esteemed men as Fred Schoenhut, Harry Falk and Joe O’Neill join our board,” said KV Kumar, National Chairman of the USIACC. “These new appointments will help the USIACC achieve its goal of bringing our two great countries even closer together.”
The appointments are for 2-year terms and are effective immediately. The NYBOT executives join USIACC Corporate Advisory Board members from Emory University, Air India, and Bank of Baroda (India).
Fred Schoenhut, NYBOT Chairman said: “The NYBOT truly is a global exchange, and India is very important to NYBOT and our markets, therefore, it makes perfect sense that our Exchange would be closely involved with the USIACC. We look forward to a very long and fruitful relationship with the USIACC, and we are eager to learn from their years of experience.”
The United States Indian American Chamber of Commerce (USIACC) is a membership organization responsible for strengthening Indian American businesses and associations at local, state and national levels, implementing programs that help economic development, expanding relationships between the Indian American businesses and professionals, and providing networking opportunities to its members. To learn more about the USIACC, please visit www.usiacc.com.
The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com.