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AHMAD CHEBBANI Chebbani served as chairman of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) from 1998-2006, an organization he co-founded in 1992 in order to empower other Arab American business owners. Today AACC has a member base of over 1,200 companies ranging from small businesses to multinational corporations and executive professionals. Chebbani co-founded the 200-member Warren Avenue Business Association in 1994, which revitalized Warren Ave. both commercially and residentially. Dearborn’s Arab International Festival was also a result of this effort, which draws 300,000 people annually. He acts as an advisor to local corporations, governments and community-based organizations on business issues, including marketing to minority groups. Chebbani is frequently a host to foreign national visitors from across the globe as they look to engage Detroit as an economic hub between the U.S. and the Middle East in business partnership. In May of 2002, Chebbani hosted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and local businessmen on a delegation forging the sister-city arrangement between Detroit and Dubai as part of a grander vision—to make metro Detroit the hub of U.S. trade and commerce with the Middle East. In 2003 he signed Detroit’s first Sister City Commercial Relationship with Dubai, UAE. In 2004 under Chebbani’s leadership, the AACC signed a collaborative agreement with Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce, and in 2005 they signed an agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan. Chebbani’s lifelong advocacy on behalf of Arab-American entrepreneurs, domestically and internationally, has been top priority in his business practice. His vision is far-reaching, and he is also dedicated to building and revitalizing his birth country of Lebanon. Appointments and Political Accomplishments:
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