About Hilary
Corporate Speaker &
Client Retention Consultant
Hilary Fordwich is a proven global business development leader with a career spanning more than 30 years & expertise that includes building practices, client firms & her own successful consulting firm Strelmark LLC.
Hilary served as head of global business development & sales for international accounting & consulting firm KPMG where she worked in a number of the firm’s offices including Manhattan, Long Island, & Washington as well as overseas in Amsterdam.
Stateside, she served as James Martin & Co.’s (now Headstrong) Vice President of Global Marketing & a member of the firm’s Executive Board. She has held other executive positions at leading firms including Beers & Cutler, PLC (the largest DC regional accounting firm) & as Managing Director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, a full service PR, IR, & Public Affairs firm.
Combining her sales, media and business development background she Hosted Government Contracting Weekly, on W*USA- TV9 the Washington DC affiliate of CBS. She is currently featured extensively on national businesss media, is a National Golf Course Rater for GolfWeek, serves on the Wells Fargo Championship Advisory Board, is the LPGA Championship Media Services Chair & serves on the British American Business Association’s Board of Directors & Chairs the Programming Committee.
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In addition to speaking & working with Fortune 500 professional service firms Hilary has presented at leadership, trade, & professional conferences for multiple organizations. Her extensive keynotes include The World Congress, (NCMA), the US Chamber of Commerce, United Professional Sales Association, Women in Technology (WIT), the American Marketing Association, National Press Foundation, the PGA Merchandise Show, the Information Technology Services Marketing Association, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Microsoft’s Annual Marketers Conference, the Legal Marketing Association, & the Society for Marketing Professional Services, among others.
Host & Commentator
- Hosted, TV: Government Contractor Weekly, CBS Powerblock DC Market
- Regular commentator: ABC DC Market (Capitol Golf Weekly), CNN (Royal Weddings/Tours/Funeral), FoxBusinessNews, NBC LX, NewsMax Wake Up America (Business issues, former Brexit correspondent), NewsNation (Royal coverage), Newsy
- US National Radio: WGN Business Lunch, Washington Post Metro Talk, KFNN 1510FM Phoenix, NPR Market Place, CBS MarketWatch WHYY FM NPR Philadelphia, WAGE-AM 1200 WTOP/WGSM, Tomorrow’s Business Radio, WMAL-AM, Your Career Life, Business Talk Radio
- Published Writer, opinion column on business development for the Washington Business Journal. Featured in the Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN Fortune, Chicago Tribute, NPR’s Marketplace, USA Network, CBS Marketwatch, Legal Times, AOL Sports, The Wall Street Journal, CareerBuilder.com
Facts about Hilary
- Born in England, she became a US citizen in 1982
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude from UVA at Mary Washington College
- Resides with her family in the Washington, DC area
- Won 4 golf Club Championships & numerous flight championships
- Boards: British American Business Association, Easter Seals
- Former Boards: Revere Bank, 1st Tee, Junior Achievement & many more leadership positions with organizations including the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the Leukemia Foundation, American Air Museum in Britain, the March of Dimes
- Member of the Economic Club of Washington DC & Congressional Country Club
