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Out & Equal Workplace Advocates names finalists for 2010 Workplace Awards
On Thursday, October 7, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates will host the 11th annual Out & Equal Workplace Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Sponsored by Deloitte as part of this year’s Out & Equal Workplace Summit, the “Outie” Awards recognize individuals and organizations for exceptional achievements on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
“Every year, I am overwhelmed by the number and quality of the nominations received in each of the Workplace Awards categories,” noted Out & Equal Founding Executive Director Selisse Berry. “This year is no exception. Each of the finalists is among the top leaders in the LGBT workplace equality movement.”
Marilyn Nagel, Global Chief Diversity Officer at finalist Cisco Systems, Inc., stated, “We are honored to be recognized as a finalist for our efforts in the Workplace Excellence category of the Outie Awards. At Cisco we recognize that inclusion of all people and perspectives is a business imperative. “
Don Knauss, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of The Clorox Company, a nominee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Resource Group of the Year, stated, “It is an honor for the entire company that the Clorox Pride ERG has been named a finalist for this year’s Out & Equal Workplace LGBT ERG of the Year award. For companies like Clorox, the fact that diversity has become a business imperative with workplace equality extending to LGBT people, is due in no small part to the achievements of the entire LGBT community.”
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is proud to announce the 2010 finalists in the following categories:
The 2010 Trailblazer Award finalists are:
- Bill Hendrix, Biology Team Leader, The Dow Chemical Company
- Shane Snowdon, Director of LGBT Resource Center, UCSF
- Gordon Stewart, Senior Director, Global Commercial Lead Lipitor, Pfizer
- Bob Witeck, CEO and Co-founder, Witeck-Combs Communications
The Trailblazer Award recognizes an LGBT person who has made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality by helping improve their own workplace or contributing to equality nationally.
Out & Equal is grateful for UCLA Anderson School of Management's donation of one complimentarty scholarship for UCLA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Leadership Institute to the winner of this year’s Trailblazer Award. Kicking off with a webinar on April 12, 2011, the UCLA LGBT Leadership Institute is a 5 month leadership journey that combines both virtual and onsite sessions. Delivering strategic management and leadership skills required by all managers, the Institute tackles these topics from the unique perspective of the LGBT executive….LEARN MORE
The 2010 Champion Award finalists are:
- Mark Bertolini, President, Aetna Healthcare
- Anthony Carter, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
- Frank Kern, Senior Vice President, IBM
- Denise Lynn, Vice President, Diversity and Leadership Strategies, American Airlines
The Champion Award recognizes a non-LGBT person who has played a pivotal role in championing equal treatment of LGBT employees on the job. This individual will have demonstrated a significant commitment to LGBT workplace rights.
The 2010 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Employee Resource Group of the Year Award finalists are:
- The Clorox Company
- Sodexo
- Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
- Texas Instruments
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Employee Resource Group of the Year Award recognizes a particular ERG, sometimes referred to as a business group or network, with a proved track record of success in advocating for LGBT equal rights in its own workplace.
The 2010 Significant Achievement Award finalists are:
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Brown-Forman
- Alcoa Inc.
- ITT Corporation
The Significant Achievement Award recognized an employer that has made significant strides in advancing a fair and equitable workplace for its LGBT employees.
The 2010 Workplace Excellence Award finalists are:
- Ernst & Young
- IBM
- Aetna Healthcare
- Cisco Systems
The Workplace Excellence Award recognized an employer that has a historic and ongoing commitment to pursuing and executing workplace equality for LGBT employees, continually raising the bar of workplace equality for others to follow.
Contact Associate Director of Summit & Events Anthony Bannon at 415-694-6516 if you have any questions about the awards process.
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Individual Awards
Trailblazer Award
This award recognizes an LGBT person who has made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. This individual’s activities will have made a marked improvement in their own workplace and/or have contributed to equality nationally.
Champion Award
This award recognizes a non-LGBT person who has played a pivotal role in championing equal treatment of LGBT employees on the job. This individual will have shown a unique commitment to LGBT workplace rights and will have used his or her talents to further that cause, even at some risk.
Organizational Awards
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Employee Resource Group of the Year
This award recognizes a particular employee resource group (ERG), sometimes referred to as a business group or network that has a proven track record of success in advocating for LGBT equal rights in its own workplace.
Significant Achievement
This award recognizes any employer that has made significant strides in the past year in advancing a fair and equitable workplace for its LGBT employees, such as: announcing domestic partner health insurance, including gender identity diversity training, or initiating a unique general advertising campaign that includes LGBT people.
Workplace Excellence
This award recognizes any employer that has an historic and ongoing commitment to pursuing and executing workplace equality for LGBT employees in their own workplace. This employer has a history of continually raising the bar of workplace equality for others to follow.
SELECTION PROCESS
All Outie nominations are read by an awards commitee, which narrows the nominations down to four or five finalists in each award category. A panel of distinguished judges ultimately decides which individuals and organization will receive Outies. Awards Committee members and judges change each year and are expected to opt out of voting if their own affiliations may bias their votes.
Contact Associate Director of Summit & Events Anthony Bannon at 415-694-6516 if you have any questions about the awards process.
