University of Miami Names New Members to Its Board of Trustees

CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The University of Miami has announced that alumnus Joseph J. Joe Echevarra Jr. has joined its Board of Trustees. Echevarra, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte LLP, is an alumnus of the UM School of Business Administration. Also today, the Board named T. Kendall Ken Hunt as Alumni Trustee, and Kartik Telukuntla as Student Trustee members.

The Board is responsible for governing the University of Miami, one of the largest private research universities in the southeastern United States.

After graduating from the School of Business in 1978, Echevarra joined Deloitte, the largest professional services organization in the U.S., and rose quickly within the firm and was admitted as an audit partner into the partnership in 1988. Since then, he has held many leadership positions within Deloitte, including U.S. Managing Partner of Operations, Vice Chairman, U.S. Deputy Managing Partner, and audit partner in charge of South Florida. In 2011, Echevarra became Chief Executive Officer at Deloitte. He has been honored as Executive of the Year by the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), and back at his alma mater, he currently serves as Chairman of the School of Business Board of Overseers and has served as an Executive-in-Residence at the School.

Alumni Trustee

A 1965 alumnus of the University of Miami, T. Kendall Ken Hunt is Chairman and CEO of VASCO Data Security International, a software company specializing in Internet security based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Hunt is a member of UMs Presidents Council and the School of Business Administrations Board of Overseers.

Student Trustee

Kartik Telukuntla, a Miller School of Medicine student expected to graduate in 2014, will serve as the President of the Medical School Student Council for the upcoming academic year. He is a member of the Iron Arrow Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa.

University of Miamis mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of our diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. http://www.miami.edu

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