Accounting Industry Pioneer Shares Business Expertise
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, Oct. 4
- Frank Ross was first African-American managing partner at KPMG -

Brooklyn, N.Y. – A trailblazer with more than three decades as a leader in the accounting industry, Frank K. Ross will share his experience with students at his alma mater, Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus. Ross broke the color barrier to become the first African-American area managing partner of a “Big 4” company, KPMG, the worldwide professional services firm.

The business executive will visit the Brooklyn Campus and talk on “Reflections of a Career in Business” on Monday, October 4, from 11 a.m. to noon, in LLC 124. The talk is free and open to the public.

Brooklyn Campus Provost Gale Stevens Haynes said, “I’m delighted that our distinguished guest will share his invaluable experiences withour students. I’m sure they will benefit immeasurably from Mr. Ross’s unique 30-year perspective on the business world.”

Ross, of the classes of ’66 (BS) and ’68 (MBA), serves on the advisory board of the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus. He retired last year as area managing partner and board member of KPMG, and presently also is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Accounting and Director of the Center for Accounting Education at Howard University. 

Ross serves on the boards of Pepco Holdings, Inc., NCRIC Group, Inc., and Cohen & Steers Mutual Funds. He is also a board member of several nonprofit organizations, including The Greater Washington Urban League, the Corcoran Gallery and College of Art, and the Gallaudet University Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund.

Ross is a founding member of the National Association of Black Accountants, a 3,000-member professional organization formed at a time when less than 200 African-Americans professionals were in the accounting industry.

Long Island University President David J. Steinberg will preside over a luncheon for Ross, after which the guest will meet with students and others from 1:30 to 5 p.m.His visit is sponsored by the Brooklyn Campus’s School of Business, Public Administration and Information Services.

For more information, call Alison Moran at (718) 488-1132.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.