American Australian Association

Founded in 1948, the American Australian Association is the largest national non-profit public charity in the United States devoted to relations between the United States and Australia and New Zealand. Its goal is to encourage stronger ties across the Pacific particularly in the private sector. The Association has an active program of corporate, economic, educational, cultural and social activities. The Association's corporate membership includes many of the most prominent commercial and financial institutions engaged in business between the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The Association provides the main New York forum for Australian and New Zealand government and business leaders to meet with senior corporate executives with interests in the region. The Association also runs a range of educational, social, cultural and philanthropic programs.