Sterling Heights, MI (PRWEB) March 04, 2014<br /><br />Congjie (Connie) Ku, principal of UHY LLP and APACC member of more than seven years, has been elected to treasurer of the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce (APACC).<br /><br />The Chamber was established in the year 2000 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. APACC is governed by an 18-member Board of Directors and the operations and programs are supported by membership dues and financial contributions. Their membership is comprised of Fortune 500 corporations, multi-ethnic private business enterprises, small businesses, and corporate professionals in a broad spectrum of industries.<br /><br />APACC is an organization that represents Asian Pacific American businesses that have origins that are either Asians, Pacific Islanders and Subcontinent Asian Ancestry, which includes persons from Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China, Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, The Philippines, US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, Samoa, Macao, Hong Kong, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal.<br /><br />“I see APACC as the organization that connects the East and West, nurtures adventures into unfamiliar territories and provides opportunities for global success and prosperity,” said Ku. “I look forward to being the treasurer of APACC and am grateful for the opportunity to give back to my community and contribute to global integration.”<br /><br />Ku joined UHY LLP, a top leading certified public accounting firm, in 1999. She is a member of the Audit and Assurance Department where she manages a group of professionals devoted to providing comprehensive tax, audit and business consulting services to companies in a variety of industries. She is also a leading member of the firm’s China group. Ku has a Master of Arts degree in Accountancy from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Bachelor of Science degree in International Accounting and Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from the International School of Shanghai University. She is also a licensed CPA in the State of Michigan.<br /><br /># # #<br /><br />About UHY LLP<br />UHY LLP, a licensed CPA firm, provides audit and other attest services to public and private companies. UHY Advisors provides tax and consulting services to a variety of sectors. UHY Advisors FLVS provides forensic, valuation, intellectual property, electronic discovery and international arbitration services to law firms and their clients. Many of these services grew from client business needs and their requests for assistance in a variety of areas of expertise.<br /><br />UHY LLP, operating in an alternative practice structure with UHY Advisors, forms one of the largest professional services firms in the US. While that scale might provide confidence for some clients, others tell us our greatest value is the way we bring these resources to bear to help address today’s evolving business challenges. It’s a philosophy we call “The Next Level of Service”. To learn more visit http://www.uhy-us.com.<br /><br />All of the above entities are members of UHY International, a global network of independent professional services firms that provide audit, tax and consulting services around the world. UHY International member firms comprise one of the top international accounting networks in the world. As a member firm, we provide our clients with resources in business centers strategically located around the globe. We are an active member in this organization with significant participation that brings the power of an international network to bear for our clients.<br /><br />UHY LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that performs attest services in an alternative practice structure with UHY Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities. UHY Advisors, Inc. provides tax and business consulting services through wholly owned subsidiary entities that operate under the name of “UHY Advisors.” UHY Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. UHY LLP and UHY Advisors, Inc. are U.S. members of Urbach Hacker Young International Limited, a UK company, and form part of the international UHY network of legally independent accounting and consulting firms. “UHY” is the brand name for the UHY international network. Any services described herein are provided by UHY LLP and/or UHY Advisors (as the case may be) and not by UHY or any other member firm of UHY. Neither UHY nor any member of UHY has any liability for services provided by other members.