About Ms. Voria - Dr. Purnima Voria is the Founder and CEO of the National US India Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Voria was appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke as a National Advisor to the Minority Business Development Agency to drive growth and policy-making for 7.8 million minority businesses in the US, which attributes to a trillion dollar economy of U.S. She also served US Commerce Secretaries John Bryson, Rebecca Blank, and Penny Pritzker under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama’s administration from 2004-2014. In 2017, Ms. Voria was invited by the US State Department to join Ivanka Trump at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, India.

Dr. Purnima Voria has been strengthening Indo-US international ties and enriching our communities through diverse cultural exchanges and Trade and Investments.

In Colorado, where the National US India Chamber of Commerce is headquartered, Ms. Voria was selected to serve on both Governor Owens’ and Denver Mayor Hickenlooper’s Asian Advisory Councils.

An internationally recognized speaker, Ms. Voria served as Opening Speaker for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Trade and Investments. She has been featured on BBC World News London as a commentator on climate change and the role of various nations’ stances on the issue. She also participated in Voice of America TV and Radio’s thought-provoking discussion entitled Global Women’s Empowerment. Furthermore, she was featured on India Today, a leading magazine, and spoke on the importance of Non Resident Indian’s role in contributing to the rise of India as an economic superpower, as well as The Times Of India, India Abroad, The Denver Post, The Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Today Television show. Ms. Voria travels frequently between the U.S. and India, promoting businesses and consulting for corporations and industry trade associations. She has also travelled globally to China, Israel, New Zealand, and other countries as keynote speaker for Global CEO business conferences along with French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin as a keynote speaker. Dr. Voria was also invited to be speaker at United Nations, South Korea Business Summit with 15,000 attendees along with Neil Bush on Doing Business with India and the World Economic Forum in Davos.