Kim Tillotson Fleming to receive Serving Leader Award

This award is presented annually to persons of faith who implements servant-leadership qualities in their life and work.

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BEAVER FALLS, PA (02/29/2012)(readMedia)-- Kim Tillotson Fleming will be presented with the 2012 Serving Leader Award at the upcoming Geneva College Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL)/Serving Leaders Conference. The award is annually presented to a person of faith who implements servant-leadership qualities in their life and work. Recipients are selected by a group of Geneva College's MSOL program alumni, as well as people from Serving Leaders and the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation.

Tillotson Fleming is the chairman and chief executive officer of Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., which is a private financial firm based in Pittsburgh that offers planning and investment advisory services for individuals, foundations, trusts and qualified retirement plans. She had been the president of Hefren-Tillotson since 1996 and, in December 2010, was chosen to be the chairman and chief executive officer.

In 2009, Tillotson Fleming was voted one of the "Top 25 Women in Business" by the Pittsburgh Business Times, and in 2003, she was honored by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development as one of "Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business." She has also been named an Athena Award finalist and, in 2005, received the YWCA "A Tribute to Women Leadership" award for business.

In addition to her role at Hefren-Tillotson, Tillotson Fleming serves on the boards of Allegheny College, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the Buhl Foundation, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Dollar Bank, Imani Christian Academy and UPMC Health Plan. She has also served on the capital campaign committees for the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital.

Tillotson Fleming is an economics graduate of Northwestern University, and holds several professional designations. Outside of the work place, she participates in missions work, staying involved with local, national and international projects.

Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College's philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).