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Alaska WOMEN IN BUSINESS: Kathleen Porterfield

Title: Managing Partner

Company: KPMG LLP

Location: Anchorage

Type of business: Audit, tax and risk advisory services

Education: Bachelors degree in Economics, Goucher College (Baltimore, Md.); Masters degree in Business Administration, University of Chicago

Community/civic

activities: Vice-chair, Anchorage Economic Development Corporation; Steering Committee, Vision Anchorage; President of the Board, Alaskan Aids Assistance Association; Treasurer Consumer Credit Counseling Service, Co-chair, YWCA building committee

Marital/family status: Married with two children, Jordan, 13, and Hannah, 9

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

Guiding principle in business: Our primary goal is to operate ethically and in accordance with all of our professional standards. Integrity is of paramount importance in our field today. I also value listening carefully to what our clients need in order to ensure that we can provide them with appropriate resources and provide high-quality professional services on a timely basis.

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Subject: Women
Company: KPMG LLP
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