Russell Simmons Honored at 2008 ADCOLOR® Awards
Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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The ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition announced the recipients of The 2008 ADCOLOR® Awards, a program that honors outstanding diverse professionals at the junior, mid and senior-levels in the advertising, marketing and media industries. Russell Simmons, Chairman & CEO of Rush Communications, will be given an All Star Award which honors individuals who encompass all of the awards categories: Legend, Change Agent, Innovator and Rising Star. Veronica Webb-supermodel, actress, writer and journalist-returns as emcee of the awards show on Sunday, November 16, 2008 which will be part of the 10th Annual ANA Multicultural Marketing Conference
The final 21 honorees are from notable companies such as Google, Disney ESPN Media Networks, USA Today, Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Campbell-Ewald, Carol H. Williams Advertising, DDB, Denuo and many others. Their roles span various sectors from digital marketing to brand management to creative direction.
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 model for others and their strong professional character and leadership. A new category, Most Valuable Partnership, was added to celebrate agencies, marketers or media companies that partner to provide innovative diversity solutions to their respective organizations and industries.
The 2008 ADCOLOR® Awards Honorees:
All Star
Russell Simmons, Chairman & CEO, Rush Communications
MVP (Most Valuable Partnership)
Saatchi & Saatchi Professional Partnering Solutions Inc. Legend
Byron Lewis, Chairman & CEO, Uniworld Group Renetta McCann, Former CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group Rishad Tobaccowala, CEO, Denuo Carol H. Williams, President, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Carol H. Williams Advertising
Change Agent
Stacy Brown-Philpot, Director, Consumer Operations, Google, Inc. Vida Cornelious VP, Creative Director, DDB Worldwide Chad Germann, CEO, Red Circle Agency Tony Hill, VP, Advertising, USA TODAY Donna E. Pedro, Chief Diversity Officer, Ogilvy New York Innovator
Howard Buford, CEO & Founder, Prime Access Devika Bulchandani, Executive VP, Director of Strategic Planning, McCann Erickson NY Jd Michaels, VP, Director of PRESS, BBDO New York Danny Robinson, SVP, Creative Director, The Martin Agency Kembo Tom, Co-Founder/VP of Ideas & Innovation, GTM Inc.
Rising Star
Catherine Auguste, Digital Media Planner, Mindshare – Team Detroit Desmonique Bonet, Senior Account Executive, Google, Inc. Keenan Ellsberry, VP, Head of Interactive Solutions, Ogilvy – Team Detroit Kunal Muzumdar, VP, Manager of Account Planning Campbell-Ewald Angel Suarez, Brand Manager, Disney ESPN Media Networks
“This year’s class of honorees represents such tremendous and inspiring examples of leadership,” said Tiffany R. Warren, Vice President, Director of Multicultural Programs and Community Outreach of Arnold Worldwide and founder of ADCOLOR. “We are extremely thrilled about being able to acknowledge them and build critical mass in the movement to shine a light for others to see.”
The 2008 ADCOLOR Awards sponsors are Arnold Worldwide, CNN, Diageo, Google Inc., Microsoft Advertising and YAHOO! Additional sponsors include: McDonald’s USA, The Home Depot, Touchpoint, WPP Group PLC, Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, American Advertising Federation, The ADVERTISING Club, Asian American Advertising Federation, BBDO, BET Networks, Euro RSCG Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup, StockShop, Media Contacts, MPG, Advertising Age, Akande, Inc., Blazing Music + Sound, Creative Printing Services, Inc., McCann Worldgroup, Pepsi-Cola North America, Red Carpet Runway, Reed Smith LLP, SoloProject, Starcom MediaVest Group, StockShop, Tribal DDB, UPTOWN Media Group, Volvo and Zoom Media & Marketing.
If you are interested in attending The 2008 ADCOLOR Awards at The Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL, go to http://adcolor.org/awards/trip.html. Visit facebook.com to join the “One Million Strong for ADCOLOR!” community as well as LinkedIn.com.
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