About Our Publisher

Angelica "Gelly" N. Borromeo is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Enterprise magazine. She carries out the editorial policies of the publication. Ms. Borromeo has been, and continues to be, very active in the promotion of minority, disadvantaged, and women-owned enterprises. She also takes an active role in numerous civic and professional organizations.

She was recently awarded by the Small Business Administration as the SBA Champion Awardee for 2005

Following is the SBA Press Release:

SBA Press Release #05-13-0325: Asian Business Ventures Inc. Publisher of Asian Enterprise Magazine, represented by Gelly Borromeo Receives SBA Champion Award for 2005

SANTA ANA, CALIF - Angelica "Gelly" Borromeo, President of Asian Business Ventures, Inc. was named the District Small Business Journalist of the Year 2005 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Borromeo is publisher and editor of Asian Enterprise, a magazine which has been serving the Asian American community for over a decade. Her selection was announced by District Director Sandy Sutton: "Ms. Borromeo is recognized for her advocacy and support of minority business. For many years she has provided educational information through her magazine."

In 1992 Gelly and her husband Willy launched Asian Business Ventures, the publishing company of Asian Enterprise, now the largest nationally circulated magazine serving the Asian Pacific American small business community. The first issue came out in November 1993 and the magazine has become the premier and largest Asian business focus magazine in the nation. The publication's goal is to disseminate valuable information to the growing number of Asian entrepreneurs across the nation. Specifically, the publication addresses issues such as women and minority business enterprise certifications and policies, access to small business programs, procurement and business opportunities and capitalization issues. The publication also features Asian business success stories, which serve as role models for other entrepreneurs.

Ms. Borromeo has been appointed to numerous boards of directors and advisory committees including the Greenlining Institute, Monterey Park Hospital, First American Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank. She is also the President of the National Council for Asian American Business Associations. She has been a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, the First United Nations Conference on Trade & Development held in France, the First International Conference on Entrepreneurs held in Spain and the 1996 APEC Business Conference in the Philippines.

She was nominated by Kim Luu of Merrill Lynch was honored at the SBA's Small Business Award Luncheon on May 12, 2005, at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino, CA as part of a nationwide salute to small business.