Honoring Leadership Excellence at the 2021 National Diversity & Leadership Conference
HOUSTON, April 15, 2021 /3BL Media/ - DiversityFirstTM will be hosting the 17th Annual National Diversity and Leadership Conference on April 21-22 and April 28-29, 2021. The conference will be held virtually with this year’s theme being “Be a Changemaker”. The four-day conference will honor a number of diverse talent from different industries.
The Leadership Excellence Award distinguishes a select group of individuals from diverse fields who exhibit exceptional leadership qualities. The focus of the award is to give prominence to accomplishments of men and women who exceed the scope of what is expected in their organizations and communities. The award is open to upper level executives who hold considerable clout within their organizations. Recipients of this award must be nominated and undergo a rigorous selection process. To be considered for this award, individuals must meet the criteria in the following categories.
To see the full list of the 2021 awardees please visit; http://top50le.org/2021/
About The National Diversity & Leadership Conference
With thousands of attendees, the 2021 National Diversity & Leadership Conference remains one of the largest diversity conferences in the nation. Offering extraordinary networking opportunities, professional development, and critical conversations surrounding diversity and inclusion, attendees are able to curate their experience for optimal learning and growth. This year’s conference will take place virtually on April 21-22 and 28-29. More information about the Diversity & Leadership Conference is available at their website.
2021 Awardees
Alissa Lieppman
Vice President, Planning & Culture, National Football League
Andre Persaud
Executive Vice President, Retail, RITE AID
Arianne D. Dowdell
Vice President Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Houston Methodist Hospital
Caroline Young
Vice President of Corporate Partnerships, LA Sparks
Claude Robinson
Executive Vice President of External Affairs and Diversity, ucan
Claudia Aguirre
President & CEO, Baker Ripley
Danit Marquardt
Vice President of Global Corporate Communications, Mattel, Inc.
Dawn Christian
CEO, Belong by Dawn Christian, LLC
Dr. Deborah Stamps
Executive Vice President Chief Nursing Education and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Rochester Regional Health
Dionne L. Mack
Chief Diversity Officer, iPEC Coaching
Donna McNeill
Chief Operating Officer, GreenPath Financial Wellness
Ervin Rodriguez
Vice President, Quality Systems, GSK
Evan Ray, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division
Fernando Claussen
Vice President & General Manager, Taco Bell Ibero-America (Latin America, Spain and the Caribbean)
G. Scott Fiddler
Partner, Jackson Walker LLP
Glorimar Medina
Executive Vice President, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System
Guillermo Cisneros Finck
Sr. Vice President – Corporate Audit Services, Fiserv
Heather L. Nelson
Senior Vice President and CIO, UChicago Medicine
Ivette Mayo
CEO, Yo Soy I AM, LLC
James Johnson II
Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Carpenter Technology
Jesse Walton Jr.
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Johann Laville
Chief Learning Officer, Global Learning & Development, Merck & Co., Inc.
Jorge Lopez
Vice President of Sales, iHeart Media
Juan Alvarez
Deputy Laboratory Director for Management and Operations & Chief Operations Officer, Idaho National Laboratory
Judith Toland
Vice President, Head of Scaled Solutions, Global Business Marketing, Facebook
Julia Fare
Senior Vice President of Alliances, BigID
Julianne Cenac
Executive Director, Organizational and Talent Development Human Resources, UTHealth
Kalon Z. Stephen
Regional Vice President, Commerce Cloud, Salesforce
Karla Perez-Larragoite
National Vice President of Business Development, Sysco
Keira Emerson
Vice President of Strategy and Business Intelligence, St. Louis Blues
Kelly Hermann
Vice President of Accessibility, Equity and Inclusion, The University of Phoenix
Kim Sharan
Founder & CEO, Kim M. Sharan, LLC
LaTanya Jones Love, MD
Executive Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Lisette Martinez
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University
Maria Martinez
Vice President, HR & Administration, Murphy Oil Corporation
Marsheila J. Hayes
Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Fox Corporation
Marty Belle
Partner, OrgShakers Ltd.
Mauricio Camargo
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Planning, HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division
Paul Paradis
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Sezzle
Rashida Willard
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Clark College
Robert Rodriguez, PhD
President, DRR Advisors LLC
Sandeep Satish
Vice President, Strategy & Analytics, E15, Levy Restaurants
Santiago Hernández García
First Vice President. Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley
Shane Portfolio
Senior Vice President, Reliability Engineering, Comcast Cable
Sohail Azeem
CEO, Kindred Healthcare
Sunil Dravida
Managing Partner, Ideasoft
Theresa Schroeder
Vice President of Community & Citizenship, Turner Construction
Tim Wilkerson
Vice President of the Merchandising Execution Team, The Home Depot
Valoria Armstrong
Chief Inclusion Officer & Vice President, External Affairs, American Water
Willie French
Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc.
Yolanda Murphy
Vice President, Communications, Northrop Grumman
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Contact:
Alexus Christian
Communications Specialist
alexus.christian@nationaldiversitycouncil.org
