Princeton NJ Non-Profit Press Releases

Miriam Hernandez-Kakol Elected to Junior Achievement State Board of Directors

Princeton, NJ – Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ) today announced that
Miriam Hernandez-Kakol of KPMG LLP has been elected to its state board of directors.

“We are pleased to have Miriam join our Board of Directors and bring her extensive knowledge of Business and Technology Transformation.  Her leadership in the business community will help Junior Achievement ensure future success.” said Catherine Milone, president of Junior Achievement of New Jersey.

Miriam is a Principal with KPMG’s Advisory Practice.  She is a senior level executive with unique leadership capability and strong operational background.  Miriam’s extensive yet varied background (from telecommunications operating company to software firm to big four management consulting) provides her with strategic vision, strong management capability, and hands-on operating experience.  Miriam has deep industry knowledge of the communications and media industries and has been involved in rolling out large, transformational programs at some of the industries’ leading companies.

Miriam focuses on serving Fortune 100 clients for KPMG. Miriam has spent her career in the Communications and Media industries working with Fortune 100 companies.  Miriam also leads KPMG’s Technology Enablement practice across all key industries in the United States.  Prior to returning to KPMG, she led the Americas Communications and Media Practice at BearingPoint.  Before moving from industry to professional services, Miriam was part of the leadership team at Telcordia Technologies, formerly known as Bellcore.  For the last 20 years Miriam has consulted with some of the largest communications and media companies in the Americas, rolling out large, transformational programs and advising clients as they made the operational and system changes required by industry convergence and consolidation.

About KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”). KPMG International’s member firms have 152,000 professionals, including more than 8,600 partners, in 156 countries.

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches four million students per year in more than 120 markets across the United States, with an additional 6.5 million students served by operations in 117 other countries worldwide. This school year, JA of New Jersey will reach more than 42,000 students.  Visit www.janj.org