Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is proud to announce that Kay Fernandez, Global DX Branding and Senior Vice President, Marketing has been honored by the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey (GSNNJ), the preeminent management growth group for women, as half of its 2021 Women of Achievement Event. The forty first annual occasion, held on June 6, 2021 at Lake Rickabear Camp in Kinnelon, New Jersey, honored 4 girls from the area who’ve made a considerable impression on their communities and industries and function optimistic function fashions for women.
Fernandez leads the creation of modern advertising methods for Konica Minolta as a member of the manager crew. Through digital disruption, she works to enhance the worth Konica Minolta delivers to clients, companions and staff. A robust advocate of girls within the office, Fernandez established the Step Forward Program at Konica Minolta to encourage girls in skilled excellence. The program is open to all staff, particularly serving to girls develop management expertise and males to know how they’ll impression change. Since its inception, the corporate has seen a 30 % improve in feminine government managers and a 14 % improve in feminine mid-level managers.
From the left: GSNNJ Board Chair Bette M. Simmons, Ed.D., Vice President, Student Development & Enrollment Management, County College of Morris; Women of Achievement 2021 honoree Kay Fernandez, Global DX Branding & Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta; GSNNJ President & Chief Executive Officer Betty A. Garger; and GSNNJ Media Girl Scout Kathryn Tucker.
Fernandez volunteered as a Girl Scout troop chief for all three of her daughters, and encourages different girls to grow to be leaders and volunteers to be function fashions for women of their communities. She serves as Board Chair for Books for Kids, a New York based mostly non-profit selling literacy amongst preschool-aged kids in under-resourced communities. Fernandez additionally sits on the board of the YWCA of Northern New Jersey, working to get rid of racism and empower girls, and is on the Ocean Council at Oceana, serving to to avoid wasting the oceans and feed the world.
“This is an incredible honor and I used to be so grateful to be included on this yr’s occasion,” mentioned Kay Fernandez, Global DX Branding and Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta. “It’s tremendously necessary to spend money on our future leaders, and I’m significantly proud to be half of a company that helps applications to encourage girls to aspire to management roles.”
“Kay is an inspiration to everybody at Konica Minolta and we’re proud to see her obtain this well-deserved honor,” mentioned Sam Errigo, COO, Konica Minolta. “As a key member of our government management crew, Kay frequently strives to spark engagement from our staff by means of applications that make an impression and encourage change inside our firm and group.”
For the previous 41 years, GSNNJ has celebrated extraordinary native girls leaders for his or her private {and professional} accomplishments at the annual Women of Achievement gala. This yr’s program theme was “Invest in Girls. Change the World.”
“We are honored to acknowledge Kay as one of our Women of Achievement recipients for 2021,” mentioned Betty Garger, President and CEO of Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey. “Kay’s dedication to such all kinds of applications, each inside and out of doors of Konica Minolta, that help girls and different worthy causes reveal her dedication to advancing the lives of women and girls in our local people and past. She is a real function mannequin in management for our Girl Scouts this yr.”
Source: Konica Minolta
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Kay Fernandez Honored at Girl Scouts Women of Achievement Event
