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Shamina Singh, Popular NRI business woman Appointed
US President's Export Council to serve in the key role.

Shamina Singh has studied at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the Indian School of Business

Los Angeles, July 17, 2023
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Joe Biden US President announced to appoint Shamina Singh, NRI business leader, to the President's Export Council, national advisory committee on international trade.

Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the Indian School of Business scholar and President of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth honoured on July 14, to join the group of esteemed leaders of advisory committee on international trade.
She was named President and charged with activating those philanthropic dollars to advance inclusive growth and financial inclusion worldwide.
Shamina Singh said:

  • I am deeply honoured to join the group of esteemed leaders that make up the President's Export Council
  • I look forward to bringing this perspective to the Council, serving the Administration and having an opportunity to advance America's economic interests across the globe

The President's Export Council advises the president of government policies and programmes that affect US trade performance, promotes export expansion and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems among the business, industrial, agricultural, labour and government sectors.
She serves as the Executive Vice President of Sustainability at Mastercard and is a member of the company's Management.
Over 20 years of global experience to develop a unique social impact model that leverages public and private sector assets.
In 2018, Mastercard created the Mastercard Impact Fund with an initial USD 500 million investment.

  • She received the Alumnus of Distinction award from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin and Old Dominion University; and has thrice been named to the Financial Times’ Top 100 LGBT+ Executives and was twice included on Fast Company’s Queer 50 list.
  • She is also one of the Hall of Fame Asian American Top 100 Honorees.
  • Shamina Singh serves on the Boards of ADL, a leading anti-hate organization and the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.
  • Shamina co-chairs the Ad Council of America’s Advisory Committee on Public Issues and serves on the Advisory Boards of Data and Society, the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship, and the New York Department of Financial Services Innovation Advisory Board. She is also a Henry Crown Fellow with The Aspen Institute.
  • She is a member of the company's management committee and represents them as an an Ex-Officio Member of the Mastercard Foundation Board of Directors, which is investing over $40B in Africa.
During her tenure as Board Chair of Americorps, the $1B federal agency realized operational efficiencies and saw increases in their Congressional budget appropriations for three consecutive cycles.