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HILARY FORDWICH
With a career spanning more than 25 years and traversing the globe, Hilary Fordwich is a national expert in business development, strategic relationship building and client relationship management for professionals in service organizations and knowledge-based industries.

For more than a decade, Fordwich served as head of global business development for international accounting and consulting firm KPMG where she worked in a number of the firm's offices both in the United States and abroad. In addition to speaking and working with Fortune 1000 professional service firms, she has presented at leadership, trade and professional conferences for national and regional organizations.

Not only is Fordwich the regional emcee for the business development entity Accelerent, but she also has written a monthly expert opinion column on business development for The Washington Business Journal and her business advice has been featured in regional and national publications and on television.

Fordwich serves on the boards of The First Tee and Junior Achievement and holds leadership positions with a number of organizations, including the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), The Nation Wide Tour, The Leukemia Foundation, American Air Museum in Britain, The March of Dimes, the British American Business Association (BABA) and the Special Olympics.

Born in England, she became a U.S. citizen in 1982. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Virginia at Mary Washington College. She resides with her three children in Maryland.

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