1974 The first large gathering of Filipino business leaders in the US took place in 1974 at a Unity Conference held in Anaheim, California, where a resolution was passed to organize nationwide. The resolution galvanized support and subsequent membership from Filipino-American business, a movement spearheaded by California, a major population center for Filipinos in the US. Out of this momentum, the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco was formed in 1973 and incorporated in 1974. 1995 Much later, a loose coalition of Filipino-American business organizations elected officers and met regularly to work toward further unification. In November 1995, this organization was formally incorporated as the California Coalition of Chambers of Commerce, Inc. and held its first Business Conference with the Philippine Consular Corps in attendance. Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos is credited for having encouraged Yolanda Ortega Stern, the SFFACC and CCCC president, to organize Filipino-American chambers in the United States and Canada into what is now known as the Federation of the Philippine American Chambers of Commerce.