KV Kumar Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor from National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, Honored for Exceptional Commitment to Volunteer Service

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May 19, 2015, 09:11 ET

ANAHEIM, Calif., May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellis Island Medal of Honor is organized by NECO. Both U.S. Senate and U.S. Congress have officially recognized and each year's recipients are part of Congressional Record.

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KV Kumar is one of five Americans of Indian origin to receive "2015 Ellis Island Medal of Honor."

KV Kumar from Bangalore, India, started his career at the World Bank, is a management consultant to entrepreneurs, NGOs and small and large businesses. KV is the Managing Partner at Kumar & Talvadkar, LLC, and serves on the boards of several companies. He is a strategist, negotiator, turnaround and connectivity expert, who has turned around many companies and organizations. KV is founder of many organizations including US Indian American Chamber of Commerce, India Club of the World Bank and IMF, U.S. India Foundation (a think-tank, in- organization). He was President & CEO of American Systems International, successfully negotiated strategic partnership with NELCO of the TATA Group, India.

KV serves on California State Bar Board of Governor's Committee of Bar Examiners; Small Business Council of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; California State District Appeals Board, U.S. Selective Service: Advisory Boards of the Latino Coalition and Hispanic 100.

KV has spent over one third of his life serving as a volunteer individually and through several organizations. He has served all Presidents from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama; He was the first Indian American appointed as Member of the Executive Committee, U.S. Small Business Administration. KV facilitated the signing of a MoU between SBA and Government of India. Frederick Schoenhut, former Chairman of NY Board of Trade & Intercontinental Exchange, who has worked with KV on several boards, says, KV is a truly selfless, dedicated volunteer.

KV is recipient of many awards for his outstanding volunteer work: 2009 Most Influential Multi-Cultural Business Leader; Honored Patriot and Bronze Medal for Meritorious Service, U.S. Selective Service; Brain Injury Association (USA) honored KV for 'Unheralded Advocacy' on Behalf of Victims of Brain Injury which led to U.S. Congress passing "1996 TBI Act" to help over 50 million Americans with brain injury; Distinguished Service Award to the Business Community, Secretary of U.S. Department of Energy; Distinguished Recognition Award for Advocacy to Small Businesses; U.S. Department of Commerce; Featured in the "Notable Asian Americans", a publication of 250 Notable Asian Americans; Six awards from US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for dedication and service to minority businesses; Distinguished Service & Strategist Par Excellence, Asian American Leadership Council.

Former Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipients include: Former Presidents, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon; Joseph Biden, William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Ed Royce, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Deepak Chopra, Walter Cronkite, Art Buchwald, Paul Volcker, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Marriott, Donald Trump, Roberto Goizueta and Jack Welch.