2022 DAA Diversity Honors Finalists

  • 2022 DEI Champion, Industry Legend

    Josette Thompson, Managing Director, Prosek Partners

    Kelly Williamson, President, APCO Worldwide, North America

  • 2022 Best HBCU/TCU/HSI/MSI Partnership

    FedEx-HBCU Student Ambassador Program

  • 2022 Best DEI Advocacy Campaign

    XR Association | XR’s Limitless Voices

  • 2022 Best MBE Partnership

    FedEx (Current Global, Agency of Record) and Accion Opportunity Fund

  • Best Internal DEI Initiative

    Highwire PR’s Year of Learning: DIBs Speaker & Training Series Spurs Uptick in Employee Engagement and Inclusion

    HighwirePR for COOP

    Fleishman Hillard: Perspectives internal initiative, True MOSAIC DE&I client practice, and FH4Inclusion pro-bono initiative.

    Brillant Ink: Diversity Trust

    BCW : Destination Inclusion II

  • 2022 Outsanding Mentor

    Conroy Boxhill, Managing Director North America, Porter Novelli

    Diana Chavez, US Group Creative Director, Mind+Mattter

    Linda Davis, Senior Director, Human Resources, JPA Health

    Chris Kuechenmeister, Senior Vice President, Communications, PepsiCo Beverages North America

  • 2022 DEI Champion, Rising Leader

    Sarah Lewis, Vice President, Porter Novelli

    Rebecca Roussell, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Current Global

    Jasmin Zamora, Director of Engagement and Inclusion, Cision

    Dr. Farida Habeeb, Ph.D., Senior Strategist, Brilliant Ink

    Christie Sithiphone, Global Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Omnicom PR Group and Omnicom Brand Consulting Group

    Brittany Jennings, Director, People + Culture, Lippe Taylor

    Andrea (Andy) Ponce, Senior Account Supervisor, Porter Novelli

  • 2022 Best DEI Communications Research

    Taft Communications and Rutgers Eagleton Poll State of Diversity Survey

    MSL: “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap”

    Current Global, IPG Media Labs, and MAGNA: “Digital Accessibility: The Necessity of Inclusion”

    Communicate For Health Justice (CFHJ): “Racial Diversity in Health Communication is Worthy of Investment”

    Andrea List | Porter Novelli: “2021 Porter Novelli Business & Social Justice Study”