Rothstein Kass Teams With Garden State Woman to Sponsor Scholarship Fund

ROSELAND, N.J., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rothstein Kass (www.rkco.com), a leading professional services provider, and Garden State Woman (www.gswoman.com) founder Judy Chapman today announced that the organizations will partner to sponsor the 2011 / 2012 Garden State Woman Education Foundation Scholarship Fund. The scholarship program supports inner-city New Jersey girls that have been accepted to a four-year New Jersey college or university.  Presently the program has seven scholars; six at Rutgers and one at William Paterson University. 

"On behalf of our young women scholars, we are extremely grateful for this philanthropic support.  These students are dedicated, hard-working and motivated.  They are all vibrant young people who will make a difference," said Ms. Chapman. "It is inspiring to realize that a firm such as Rothstein Kass appreciates the importance of giving back to our young people."

New and past recipients will be honored at the 7th Annual Garden State Woman Annual Awards Luncheon which will be held on Friday, March 23, 2012 at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, New Jersey. The benefit is sponsored by the Garden State Woman Education Foundation to honor outstanding New Jersey women nominated by their peers in recognition of their professional and personal activities that benefit other women. 

Rosalie Mandel, Founder of the Rothstein Kass The Office of LIFE Program (Leadership, Inspiration, Family, Empowerment) has previously been honored as Garden State Woman of the Year in recognition of the program's efforts to help women reach their full potential by fostering leadership opportunities, creating new business development platforms and facilitating mentoring relationships. 

"When we launched the LIFE Program, a firm-wide initiative focused on supporting gender-related training, career development, communication and work/life integration issues, we hoped that it would provide Rothstein Kass with more opportunities to make a difference in the lives of motivated and talented women. We are proud of the impact that the program has made within our organization, and of our broader efforts to promote teamwork and facilitate work / life integration," said Steve Kass, Co-CEO of Rothstein Kass. "Partnering with Garden State Woman on its Education Foundation Scholarship Fund gives us an opportunity share our success by supporting promising young women who will be the business leaders of the future."

About Rothstein Kass:

Rothstein Kass is a premier professional services firm that has served privately held and publicly traded companies, as well as high-net-worth individuals and families, for more than 50 years. As trusted advisors to our clients, Rothstein Kass provides accounting, auditing and tax services, as well as a full array of integrated services, to clients across industry spectrums and in all stages of organizational development. At the core of Rothstein Kass' remarkable success lies our commitment to hiring, developing and retaining employees that represent an entrepreneurial spirit mirroring that of the sophisticated business and financial services communities that we serve.

About Garden State Woman:

Garden State Woman, Inc. launched in 1998 as a publisher of a quarterly magazine aimed primarily at New Jersey corporate, professional and business owning women. Over the years, under Judy Chapman's leadership, Garden State Woman expanded services provided to New Jersey women into: hosting financial and health conferences and networking events; publishing annual financial and health guides; developing an information rich web site  and creating the Garden State Woman Education Foundations 501(c) 3.

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