The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition, the advertising industry’s premier organization dedicated to fostering and promoting increased diversity in the advertising, marketing and media industries, announced the 2011 ADCOLOR Awards Honorees last month in NYC. Among the 2011 honorees are actress and activist Rosario Dawson. I love her and didn’t know she was so involved in service and helping people reach their best. For the first time, GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) will present an ADCOLOR Advocate Award in recognition of industry influencers from the LGBT community. The ADCOLOR Industry Coalition will host the 2011 ADCOLOR Awards and Industry Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, September 16-17.
Here’s some pics from AdColor Live! The event announcing the honorees that was hosted by CNNs Soledad OBrien and PepsiCos Frank Cooper III.
- Michele Thornton, Director, Multi-Cultural Sales, CNN; Greg D’Alba, COO/EVP Sales & Marketing, CNN; Tiffany R. Warren, Founder, ADCOLOR Industry Coalition and SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom; Frank Cooper, CMO, Sparkling Beverages, PepsiCo; Soledad O’Brien, CNN
Jose Fernandez, ESPN Customer Sales and Marketing; Felicia Geiger, Deutsch, Inc.; Nicole Hall, Draftfcb; Akintayo Adewole, Akande Music + Publishing
The 2011 ADCOLOR Award honorees are:
The All-Star Award presented by Omnicom Group
Rosario Dawson, Actress, Singer, Writer
The Lifetime Achievement Awards presented by Pepsi & The American Advertising Federation*
Earl G. Graves, Sr., Chairman, Founder & Publisher – Black Enterprise
Bill Cosby, Comedian, Actor, Author, Television Producer, Musician, Educator and Activist
Eduardo Caballero, Founder – Caballero Radio & Television
* 2011 American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame Inductees
The Legend Awards presented by Diageo
Esther Franklin, EVP, Director of Cultural Identities – Starcom MediaVest Group
Aldo Quevedo, President & Chief Creative Officer – Dieste
Mauricio Sabogal, President, World Markets Initiative and UM – Mediabrands
The Rising Star Awards, presented by Google
Kenji Summers, Community Manager – BBH ZAG
Sarah Torres, Sales Planner – Turner Broadcasting
Zoe Bell, Copywriter – Publicist
The Innovator Awards presented by Microsoft Advertising
Jacqueline Hernandez, Chief Operating Officer, Telemundo – NBCUniversal
Eric Harris, President & Co-Founder – Sixth Floor Developers
The Change Agent Awards presented by The Home Depot
Lincoln Stephens, Program Director & Co-Founder – The Marcus Graham Project
Pawan Mehra, Co- Founder & Principal – Améredia
Felicia Geiger, VP, Director of Diversity and Inclusion – Deutsch, Inc.
The One Club | ADCOLOR Creative Awards presented by The One Club & Publicis USA
Keith Cartwright, Group Creative Director – The Martin Agency
Donna Lamar, Creative Director – TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles
The Advocate Awards presented by GLAAD
Aaron Walton, Co-Founder – Walton & Isaacson
Laurence Boschetto, Chairman & CEO — Draftfcb
The Catalyst Awards presented by The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition
Spike Lee, Chief Executive Officer – SpikeDDB
Dan Wieden, Co-Founder & CEO – Wieden + Kennedy
The MVP (Most Valuable Partnership) Award presented by CNN
Jennifer Randolph, VP, Organization Development – Saatchi & Saatchi
Dorothy Thompson, Executive Director – Streetlights
