Candace Chen is President/CEO of a privately held Los Angeles based manufacturer of innovative automotive service equipment and specialty chemicals and founder of her latest ventures, FaceLube For Men, a cosmeceuticals company with focus on anti-aging applications for men, It's companion women's line, Goddess Cosmetics, and Camelot Pets, American made premium supplements for dogs and cats.

 

Ms. Chen is a small business advocate. She is very active and well respected in the int'l trade community in the US. While she prefers a low profile, she is often consulted by press and is a sought after speaker at high-level trade/policy events. She is particularly passionate about leveling the playing field and creating export markets for small American manufacturers. 

 

Among her many honours, she serves as an appointed trade policy advisor on SMEs (Small & Medium Sized Enterprises) to the US Secretary of Commerce and the US Trade Representative.  She was the US SME Working Group Chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and official US SME Spokesperson for Trade Barriers at the APEC SME Ministerial in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand. 

 

She is a board member of the Beverly Hills High School Alumni Association and chairs the BHHS Hall of Fame Committee.