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ING Direct’s Arkadi Kuhlmann and Jim Kelly Thursday night joined the ranks of 45 other laureates in Junior Achievement’s Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame.
Nominees for the honor are judged on the impact of their business leadership in five distinct areas: workforce development, economic development, strategic management, (entrepreneurship, and invention/innovation.
Kuhlmann and Kelly ING Direct CEO and COO, respectively, led the team that changed the way consumers save and altered the trajectory of the personal banking industry to meet the cyber age and a new generation of savers, according to a JA release.
Kelly currently heads the business that was acquired by Capital One. Capital One has pledged to expand employment in the state as it merges ING Direct into its direct banking operations.
The Hall of Fame was created in 1990 by Hagley Museum & Library officials and Junior Achievement of Delaware as a means of spotlighting business role models for Junior Achievement students to emulate.
Past laureates include:
1990-P.S. du Pont, Crawford Greenewalt, Joseph Tatnall
1991-Oliver Evans, Wilbert & Genevieve Gore
1992-Alexander F. Giacco, George Lobdell
1993-Josepth Bancroft, Irving S. Shapiro
1994-Jack Burris, Arthur S. Carota, E.I. du Pont
1995-Joshua & Thomas Gilpin, Edward Goett
1996-Walter S. Carpenter, David D. Wakefield
1997-Joshua Heald, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
1998-Carolyn S. Burger, Harry Levin
1999-Frederick G. Krapf, Jr, Bernard J. Taylor II
2000-Charles M. Cawley, John A. Krol
2001-Werner C. Brown, John W. Rollins, Sr.
2002-T. Coleman du Pont, Robert W. Gore
2003-John B. Campbell, Sally Hawkins
2004-Leon N. Weiner, Marvin N. (Skip) Scheonhals
2005-Leonard W. Quill, Leon F. Slocomb, Jr.
2006-Murray Berstein, Foster Friess
2007/2008-Alan B. Levin, Frank J. McIntosh
2009-Craig A. Rogerson, Dian C. Taylor
2010-Carol A. Ammon, Mark A. Suwyn
2011-Alan R. Burkhard, James A. Wolfe
This year’s event Chair is Andrea Thomson, Managing Partner, Accenture. Past Chairs, in alphabetical order are:
Roy Anderson, David Brennan, Michael J. Barrett, Charles M. Cawley, Ted Cecala, Howard E. Cosgrove, Ernest J. Dianastasis, R. Keith Elliott, John W. Field, Bruce L. Hammonds, Charles O. Holliday, Jr, Allen L. Johnson, Ellen J. Kullman, William Levis, Ben H. Lochtenberg, Paul McConnell, Calvert A. Morgan, Jr, Leonard W. Quill, Thomas S. Shaw, Mark Stellini, Mark A. Turner and Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
Since 1990, over 2,000 high school students have participated in the Future Leaders Roundtable, spending meaningful time solving challenging ethical dilemmas with these accomplished individuals by their side.
Proceeds from the evening induction ceremonies support the Future Leaders Roundtable and other Work Readiness, Entrepreneurship, and Financial Literacy experiences for local high school students. For more information on Junior Achievement of Delaware, visit www.jadelaware.org
