NJ Golf Foundation Golf Classic
Presented By
August 9, 2021
Baltusrol Golf Club
About the Event
The NJ Golf Foundation Golf Classic, now in its fifteenth year, is the signature event of the year in an effort to support programming for our three pillars - youth, military, and special needs.
SCHEDULE
7:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Shotgun Start (Upper Course)
11:30 am Registration and Lunch
1:30 pm Shotgun Start ( Upper Course)
6:30 pm Cocktail Reception
How You Can Participate
Title Partner – $25,000
• Three foursomes
• Tee gifts
• Recognition on all event material
• Additional playing opportunities
• Platinum experience
• On-site signage
• Corporate Partner recognition on the NJGF website
Platinum Partner – $15,000
• Two foursomes
• Tee gifts
• Platinum experience
• On-site signage
• Corporate Partner recognition on our website
Gold Partner – $7,500
• One foursome
• Tee gifts
• On-site signage recognition
Par Partner – $5,000
• One foursome
• Tee gifts
Individual – $1,250
• One person play
• Tee gifts
About Baltusrol Golf Club
Baltusrol Golf Club, synonymous with champion-ship golf, sits at the base of Baltusrol Mountain in northern New Jersey, only a stone’s throw from New York City. With a rich heritage that dates back to 1895, Baltusrol is considered one of the country’s premier private golf clubs. Its two championship courses, the Lower and Upper, have played distinguished roles on the national golf stage since their creation by Golden Age architect A.W. Tillinghast. Together, the courses have hosted 17 major championships, including seven U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships. The Lower Course is currently closed for an extensive renovation performed by famed architect, Gil Hanse. The Lower Course will open in the spring of 2021 and will host the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the 2029 PGA Championship.
2021 Chairman Award Recipient
Miriam moved to New Jersey more than 30 years ago with the idea to complete a two year assignment at Bell Communications Research and then return to her lovely beach side community in Southern California. Fate and two young sons intervened and 30 years later she still lives in Florham Park, New Jersey with her husband, Glen Kakol. The two were introduced by their two young sons who had become fast friends. Miriam relishes spending time with their children and five grandchildren both here in NJ and at their beautiful home in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. She is an enthusiastic golfer, having played in various PGA and KPMG-sponsored events with Phil Mickelson and Stacy Lewis, both brand ambassadors for KPMG. Miriam and Glen are members at Fairmount Country Club in Chatham, NJ as well as Vista Vallarta Golf Club in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Miriam is a senior partner at KPMG in the Short Hills, NJ office. As global head of KPMG’s Management Consulting business, she plays a significant, trategic role leading a team of more than 24,000 partners and professionals to build and execute its strategy, to deploy client facing global priority solutions, and to maintain the business’ double-digit growth momentum. Miriam stays extremely focused on the needs of KPMG clients including managing one of its largest account relationships in the US. Leading with client centricity fuels the innovation that Miriam and her team are able to drive quickly to meet an ever evolving market with a set of differentiated digital solutions and insightful consulting approaches. Miriam is responsible to drive these initiatives, solutions, and programs to impact KPMG’s relevance in the marketplace, with clients, alliance partners and its teams while meeting an aggressive growth agenda. Operations practice, which is focused on delivering challenges of Fortune 1000 clients. In this role, she oversaw a team of more than 2,000 partners and professionals. In 2009, Miriam helped to launch KPMG’s Management Consulting business which since its inception has been the fastest growing part of KPMG’s global Advisory portfolio. Miriam is passionate about giving back to the community by supporting various charities as well as being an active mentor both inside and outside of KPMG. Her board service has included the NJ Golf Foundation, NJ Junior Achievement, National Academy Foundation STEM Committee and others. She currently volunteers on multiple boards and committees focused on enhancing education and career opportunities for women, Latinx professionals, and students, particularly the Hispanic IT Technology Executive Council (HITEC). For the past three years, Miriam has been featured as one of ALPFA and Fortune’s 50 most powerful Latinas.
Previous Chairman Recipients
2020 - RWJBarnabas
2019 - Michael Rosenberg
2018 - Mike Setola, Tharanco Lifestyles LLC
2017 - Joe Abruzzo, HSBC
2016 - Pam Liebman, Corcoran Group
2015 - Andy Vitale, Withum
2014 - Norm Lewis, Wells Fargo
2013 - Dean Criares, Sound Harbor
2012 - John Daly, CIT
2011 - Haresh Tharani, Tharanco Group
2010 - Steve Gross, Metro Insurance
2009 - John Degnan, CHUBB
2007-08 - No Award
