Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • April 24, 2013 Allendale Allendale resident Bernard J. Milano, president and trustee of the KPMG Foundation, and president and board member of The PhD Project and KPMG Disaster Relief Fund, has received the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education’s 2013 AABHE Advocacy Award. Milano was selected by a unanimous decision by the AABHE Board of Directors. The AABHE Advocacy Award is presented to individuals who have served as an advocate for marginalized groups, and to those whose vision or actions have dramatically expanded and enhanced educational opportunities for all groups and advanced issues of access and opportuni- Milano receives prestigious AABHE Advocacy Award ties for blacks and other under-represented groups in higher education. AABHE sited Milano’s stellar career as president of the KPMG Foundation and president of The PhD Project as examples of these accomplishments. Hollywood actor and philanthropist Danny Glover was also awarded the AABHE Cultural Award alongside Milano. “While I am honored and humbled by this award, it is the vision, courage, commitment, and generosity of KPMG that has allowed our programs to achieve the results this award celebrates,” Milano said. “Mainly through The PhD Project, cou- Ron Clark, founder, Ron Clark Academy; Scarlet Pressley-Brown, vice president --marketing, National Center for Civil and Human Rights; Danny Glover, actor and philanthropist; Bernie Milano; Dee Gardner, president, AABHE. pled with the KPMG Foundation minority initiatives, the number of minority faculty has nearly quadrupled since the project was initiated in 1994. Few organizations are willing to stay the course necessary to achieve such dramatic results; KPMG has been steadfast in its approach to systemic change in business education.” Milano graduated from Temple University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and started his career with KPMG in the audit practice of the Philadelphia office. Prior to his current roles as president of the KPMG Foundation and the KPMG Disaster Relief Fund, he held positions of increasing responsibility including national partner in charge of university relations and national partner in charge of human resources. He lives with his wife, Sharon, and sons Matthew and Adam. Milano has four older children and six grandchildren. He holds (continued on page 29)