Kija Kim Receives Women in Business Leadership Award

For Immediate Release

Cambridge, MA ... Ms. Kija Kim, President of Harvard Design & Mapping Co., Inc. (HDM) of Cambridge, MA, received the Women in Business Leadership Award from the New England Council yesterday. Ms. Kim's award and success represents a breakthrough for women entrepreneurship in the field of advanced technology. "I am very honored to be recognized in this way", said Ms. Kim.

Ms. Kim, co-founder, president and CEO of HDM, established her geographic information systems (GIS) business in 1988. Throughout that time, she has been an active and recognized community leader.

Ms. Kim has acted as an advisor on technology issues to the Clinton Administration and has met with the President, Vice President and various cabinet level officials to review various business, technology, finance, transportation and environmental issues. She also accompanied Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld on an Environmental Trade Mission to Asia in 1991 and again to Mexico in 1992. She serves on the Massachusetts Asian American Commission, appointed by Governor Weld in particular for her effort in combating domestic violence in the Asian community. Ms. Kim was also named "1994 Women of the Year" by the Women in Transportation Seminar, Boston Chapter earlier this year.

This second annual awards ceremony featured U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Donna Shalala as keynote speaker, and was held at the Boston Sheraton Hotel. Other awardees included Cathy Minehan, the first woman president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Linda Paresky, owner and co-chairperson of Thomas Cook Travel; and Susan Haney, president of The Private Bank at Bank of Boston.

Contact HDM: Email jim@hdm.com or call 800.878-1HDM.