2025 Outie Awards Finalists

For more than 20 years, the Outie Awards have recognized and celebrated individuals, organizational initiatives, and employee resource groups as role models for advancing equity and belonging for LGBTQ+ people in the workplace, and beyond.

Congratulations to this year’s nominees.

Award Categories

ERG Group of the Year

New ERG Group of the Year

LGBTQ+ Corporate Advocate

Ally Changemaker

Employee Resource Group of the Year Finalists

The Employee Resource Group (ERG) of the Year Outie Award recognizes a particular ERG that has a proven track record of success. A top contender will be an ERG that is continuously elevating best practices, implementing intersectional and collaborative programming with other ERGs, and advocating for LGBTQ+ equality in its workplace.

DbPride
Deutsche Bank

Pride @ Kantar

PRIDE ERG
Labcorp

New Employee Resource Group of the Year Finalists

The New Employee Resource Group (ERG) Chapter of the Year Outie Award recognizes a chapter that has been established within the last two years (the organization ERG can have existed longer than that but the chapter must be new) and has made a bold impact at their company or nonprofit since launch.

LGBTQ+ Teammate Resource Group
Brown & Brown

OUT: Operations United Together
Morgan Stanely

LGBTQ+ Corporate Advocate

The LGBTQ+ Corporate Advocate of the Year Outie Award recognizes an LGBTQ+ individual who is actively advocating to improve their organization’s inclusion efforts, pushing significant adoption of best/innovative practices, benefiting LGBTQ+ employees and advancing their organization’s standing as a true leader in this work. Advocates are bold and are making a difference outside their workplace to drive change and equality in their community, their country, and the world.

Meghan Congrove
(she/her)

Raw Material Coordinator
The Chemours Company

Becca Maxwell-Warrior
(they/she)

Global Editing Supervisor
Labcorp

Jon Tilli
(he/him)

Director, Investment Bank &
Global Chair, DbPride
Deutsche Bank

Ally Changemaker

The Ally Changemaker Outie Award recognizes an ally who has made a significant contribution to advancing LGBTQ+ workplace equality. This person is an action-oriented and intentional change maker. They are role models for others, uplifting the voices of the voices of marginalized groups, have shown a unique commitment to LGBTQ+ workplace rights, and have used their talents to further that cause, even if at some risk.