Martin Luther King Jr. Community Event (Westville Campus)
January 18, 2026 @ 7:45 am - 9:30 pm
Join us for PNW’s annual region-wide MLK Community Event!
PNW invites the Northwest Indiana community to the Westville Campus to celebrate diversity and inclusion through the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Schedule
- 7:45 a.m.: Check-In
- 8 a.m.: Buffet Breakfast/Community Conversations
- 8:20 a.m.: Krueger Middle School Choir Performance
- 8:30 a.m.: PNW Welcome by Chancellor Kenneth Holford
- 9 a.m.: Keynote Speaker by Ms. Kiahna W. Davis.
- 9:30 a.m.: Closing
See Hammond MLK Community Event
Location
Great Hall
Dworkin Student Services and Activities Complex
Meet Our Speaker
Kiahna W. Davis
CEO of MYB accounting, tax and consulting
Kiahna W. Davis is a native of Michigan City, Indiana, and a dynamic finance and operations executive with a distinguished career spanning corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial leadership. She is the CEO of MYB Accounting, Tax and Consulting, where she leads a firm specializing in tax strategy, accounting and fractional CFO services.
Her extensive resume includes roles such as CFO of Indiana Mentor, Division Controller for Hawker-Beechcraft-Cessna, Vice President and Bank Controller at Irwin Union Bank and Senior Financial Analyst at Motorola.
A proud graduate of Indiana University-Bloomington and holder of an MBA in Accounting from Indiana Wesleyan University, Kiahna has also channeled her financial expertise into meaningful community impact. As the inaugural President of the African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis, she has raised over $500,000 for grassroots organizations in her first year.
Her civic work includes leadership roles in the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Jack and Jill of America, The Links, Incorporated and has served on over 14 community boards. She is the Central Region Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® and has served over 10 years as a precinct chairman in Hamilton County, IN.
To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office for Civil Rights at civilrights@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.
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