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ADCOLOR(R) Industry Coalition Announces 2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards Honorees
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Auburn Hills, Mich. , Oct 1, 2009 / -- DiversityBusiness.com /- The ADCOLOR(R) Industry Coalition
recently announced the recipients of the 2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards, a program that honored outstanding diverse professionals at the junior, mid and senior-levels
within the advertising, marketing and media industries. Hispanic media mogul Cristina Saralegui will be given the All-Star Award, while CNN anchor and special correspondent, Soledad O'Brien hosted the ADCOLOR(R) Awards show on
Sunday,
October 4 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix. The show will kick-off the 11th Annual Association of National Advertisers' Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference.
The final 20 honorees are from notable companies such as Procter & Gamble,
the
Walt Disney Company, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, Digitas, TBWA/Chiat
Day and many others. The following individuals were selected from close to
100
nominations based on their ability to deliver strong outcomes, their
contribution to their company, industry and/or community, their reputation
as
"best in class" by serving as role models for others and their strong
professional character and leadership. The seven specific categories of
recognition are - Rising Star, Change Agent, Innovator, Legend, All-Star and
MVP (Most Valuable Partnership). Additionally, this year, ADCOLOR(R) has
partnered with advertising non-profit, The One Club, to present the new "One
Club|ADCOLOR(R) Creative Award".
The 2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards Honorees are as follows:
2009 ADCOLOR(R) All-Star Award presented by Arnold
-- Cristina Saralegui, The Cristina Show, Univision
2009 ADCOLOR(R) MVP (Most Valuable Partnership) Award presented by CNN
-- MS & L Worldwide
-- Egami Consulting Group
The One Club|ADCOLOR(R) Creative Award presented by The One Club
-- Jimmy Smith, Group Creative Director, TBWA\Chiat Day
LA
Honorable Mention:Feh Tarty, Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy - London
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Legend Awards presented by Omnicom Group
-- Ernest Bromley, Chief Executive Officer, Bromley
Communications LLC
-- Gilbert Davila, Vice President, Global Diversity and
Multicultural
Market Development, The Walt Disney
Company
-- Monica Gadsby, CEO, SMG Multicultural
-- Sheldon Levy, EVP, Deputy Director of Production,
Saatchi & Saatchi
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Change Agent Awards presented by The Home Depot
-- Karla Gray-Mayers, Vice President, Director of
Supplier Diversity, BBDO
New York
-- The Procter & Gamble Company & Edgar Sandoval,
General Manager,
North America Marketing &
Multicultural, The Procter & Gamble
Company
-- Michele Thornton, Director, Multi-Cultural Sales,
CNN (Turner
Broadcasting)
-- Antoinette Zel, President, La Comunidad
Honorable Mention: Toni Thompson, Multicultural Program Developer &
Recruiter,
McCann Erickson
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Innovator Awards presented by Microsoft Advertising
-- Eduardo Dehesa-Conde, SVP, Group Creative
Director, Draftfcb Chicago
-- Grace Hon, SVP, Group Managing Director, Worldgroup
Retail, Inc. (a
division of McCann Worldgroup)
-- Maria Lopez-Knowles, SVP, Group Account Director,
MRM Worldwide
Honorable Mention: Kevin Walker & Philip Moore, CultureLab
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Rising Star Awards presented by Google
-- LaTanya Beauregard, Art Director, Yellow
Shoes Creative Group - The Walt Disney Company
-- Joydeep Dey, Manager, Strategy & Analysis, Digitas
-- Christian Jackson, Copywriter, Arnold
-- Phil Jackson, Strategist, Publicis
Honorable Mention: Jose Fernandez, Media Supervisor, Deutsch
"This year's class of honorees not only represent remarkable and unique
examples of leadership but the power of reaching back as one rises up," said
Tiffany R. Warren, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group and founder of
ADCOLOR(R). "We are extremely thrilled about being able to acknowledge them
and continue to build momentum in the movement to shine a light on success
for
others to follow."
Many consumer and industry forces have banded together to bring The 2009
ADCOLOR Awards to life.
They are:
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards Presenters
Arnold, CNN, Google, Microsoft Advertising, The Home Depot, Omnicom
Group, One
Club
Exclusive Trade Media Sponsor
Advertising Age
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards Friends
Casa Cristina, the 4A's, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA),
the
American Advertising Federation (AAF), The ADVERTISING Club of New York, BET
Networks, McCann NY, Hispanicad.com, JWT
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards Ghetto Film School Sponsors
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Deutsch, RAPP
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Awards In-Kind Sponsors
Akande Music + Publishing LLC, Alphabet Arm Design, Creative Printing
Services, FreeDMC, Hassan Kinley Photography, The Ernest Montgomery Group,
Integrated Merchandising Systems (IMS), McCann NY, NBA, Pepsi, P.O.P Media,
135th Street Agency, SBS Studios LLC, Sonicbids.com, Tribal DDB and The
Uniworld Group
2009 ADCOLOR(R) Preferred Vendors
Akande Music + Publishing LLC, Alphabet Arm Design, Creative Printing
Services, DAV Productions, FreeDMC, Hassan Kinley Photography, The Ernest
Montgomery Group, POP Media, Integrated Merchandising Systems (IMS),
Onederland Events LLC, P.O.P Media, 135th Street Agency, Picture Park
Productions, SBS Studios LLC
About ADCOLOR(R)
ADCOLOR(R) was established in 2005 to promote increased diversity in the
advertising, marketing and media industries, as well as to inspire current
and
future communications professionals of color by celebrating the
accomplishments of diverse role models and industry leaders. Go to
www.adcolor.org for more information.
About The ADCOLOR(R) Industry Coalition
The ADCOLOR(R) Industry Coalition is a historic collaboration between the
Association of National Advertisers (ANA), The ADVERTISING Club of New York
(AD CLUB NY), the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the American
Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), Arnold Worldwide and Omnicom
Group. These organizations and other companies are committed to the success
of
the ADCOLOR(R) Industry Initiative.
SOURCE ADCOLOR Industry Coalition
Saptosa Foster, +1-404-909-6493, Saptosa@135stagency.com, or Shante Bacon,
+1-917-553-0005, shante@135stagency.com
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