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KMK Consulting Company to be Major Sponsor of Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Program
Cincinnati, March 1, 2002- KMK Consulting Company, LLC is pleased to announce that it will once again be a major sponsor of this year’s Southern Ohio/Kentucky Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program. KMK Consulting and its parent company, Keating, Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., have been sponsors of the awards program for the last eight years since it was introduced in this region.
The annual awards program began nationally fourteen years ago to honor innovative individuals who successfully transformed their ideas into thriving businesses. The entrepreneurs recognized at the event are leaders in the local business community and have been integral factors in the economic prosperity and growth of the region.
Further exemplifying the growing impact the entrepreneurial spirit has had upon our region, this year’s program has been expanded to include businesses from Dayton and Louisville. Previously, the competition recognized primarily Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky-based businesses.
KMK Consulting, and/or Keating, Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., have been trusted advisors for many of the program’s finalists and award recipients, including:
Ralph Anderson: Belcan Corp.
Neil Bortz & Marvin Rosenberg: Towne Properties
John Bostick: Lucrum
Bill Butler: Corporex Companies Inc.
Candace Kendle: Kendle International
Wayne Carlisle: Carlisle Construction Co.
John Court: Multi-Color Corp.
Dick Farmer: Cintas Corp.
David & Jared Davis: CNG Financial Corp.
Jon Gimpel: Aero Fulfillment Services
Harry Fath: Fath Management Co.
Doug Hall: Eureka! Ranch
John Handelsman: The Vaughn Group, Inc.
Tony Kelly: AF Kelly
William Motto: Meridian Diagnostics
Thomas & William Rumpke: Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc.
Donald Schmitt: The Shur-Good Biscuit Co.
Jay & Christine Schuermann: Effective Office Environments
Michael Holmes: EasyMail Interactive Inc.
Mahendra Vora: Intelliseek
“We are extremely proud to be a part of all of our clients’ successes, especially those that have received the much-deserved recognition for their ingenuity, their years of hard work and determination, and their significant impact upon our region and beyond.” said Jim McGraw, President and CEO of KMK Consulting. He added, “I think Mike Burke may have said it best last year in his inspirational speech,
Entrepreneurship is synonymous with life, with spirit, with growth, with challenge, with risk, with empowerment and, of course, with leadership. Not all entrepreneurs are successful like those finalists here tonight. In fact, statistically, most entrepreneurs aren’t. But, the good that is done by so many who step up and take risks, exercise their leadership, generate commerce, create jobs is what the American Dream is all about and has been critical to the growth and success of our United States economy.This year’s Awards Program will be held at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on June 29.
About KMK Consulting
KMK Consulting provides specialized business consulting services, primarily to corporate, entrepreneurial, not-for-profit, community and executive clients. KMKC specializes in advisory services in connection with company restructuring; business formation; acquisitions; strategic issue analysis; strategic planning; leadership development; government affairs; economic development; marketing strategies; business alliances and public/private partnerships. Collectively, the KMKC team has extensive expertise with all types and sizes of corporations including experience serving on boards of directors of a variety of enterprises from family businesses to publicly held global companies. Learn more on the Internet at www.kmkconsulting.com
