NEW YORK, June 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ADCOLOR, the
premier organization celebrating and promoting professionals of
color and diversity in the creative industries, announced their
2017 honorees and nominees today at ADCOLOR Live! The organization
also announced the 2017 class of ADCOLOR FUTURES, a program that
chooses the best and brightest professionals who are 1-3 years into
their career to attend the annual conference and awards show which
will take place September 19th, 2017
in Los Angeles at The Loews
Hollywood Hotel.
The announcement took place at the Facebook Live Studios and was
hosted by author and 2016 ADCOLOR Rockstar Honoree Luvvie Ajayi,
ADCOLOR Founder and President Tiffany R.
Warren, Edelman NY Head of Public Affairs and 2015 ADCOLOR
Advocate Honoree Brian Ellner, DIAGEO's Vice President of Corporate
Relations, Constituent Affairs and ADCOLOR Chairman of the board
Marc Strachan and Senior Strategic
Planner, TBWAChiatDay and 2016 ADCOLOR FUTURE William Yu.
The 11th Annual ADCOLOR Awards will highlight and honor the
achievements of African-American, American Indian/Native American,
Asian Pacific-American, Hispanic/Latino, LGBTQ professionals, as
well as spotlighting diversity and inclusion champions in the
creative industries.
"The list of honorees, nominees and FUTURES is stellar," said
ADCOLOR Founder and President Tiffany R.
Warren. "The group represents some of the best across the
fields of advertising, technology, media and marketing, truly
reflecting this year's theme of 'Come Together'. We very much look
forward to honoring them in September."
The ADCOLOR Award Nominees and Honorees are carefully selected
from a large population of diverse influencers across the creative
industries. The finalists are chosen by the individual's
representation of ADCOLOR's motto, "Rise Up and Reach Back". Those
honored not only excel in their own careers, but also give back to
the community and support their peers. Their goal is to create a
network of diverse professionals to encourage and celebrate one
another.
Please join us September
16th – 19th for the Annual ADCOLOR
Conference and Awards. Registration is now open and early bird
pricing ends July 31st.
Visit ADCOLOR.org for more details.
Below you can find the full list of Nominees, Honorees and
FUTURES for this year's ADCOLOR Awards.
2017 ADCOLOR Conference & Awards Sponsors
Omnicom
Group, GSD&M, ADWEEK, APPLE, DIAGEO NA, DAS Global Group of
Companies, Apple Music, Squeaky, AOL, Wieden + Kennedy, Oath,
Facebook, 72andSunny, BBDO, DDB Worldwide, Twitter, Pandora,
Omnicom Media Group, TBWA, OWN, The Advertising Club of
New York, American Advertising
Federation, Edelman, Digitas LBi.
About ADCOLOR®
ADCOLOR® is a not-for-profit
501(c) (6) organization whose mission is to celebrate and champion
diversity in the creative industries. Our process is twofold.
First, we help individuals and organizations RISE UP, letting their
accomplishments and ideas shine. Then we teach these new leaders
and would-be-mentors how to REACH BACK and find others who deserve
to be noticed and promoted. Our goal is to create a community of
diverse professionals who are here to support and uplift one
another.www.adcolor.org
NOMINEES
The Ad of the Year
- Client: YouTube Agency: Anomaly – "It's
Not Just What We Listen to, It's Who Are"
- Client: NFL & The Ad Council Agency: R/GA–
"The Love Cam"
- Client: The Atlantic Agency: Wieden+Kennedy,
The Atlantic – "Typecast"
- Client: Johnnie Walker US Agency: Anomaly –
"Keep America Walking"
- Client: GMHC Agency: FCB Health – "Blood
Equality"
Change Agent
- God-is Rivera, Associate Director, Social Media
Strategy, VML
- Ronnie Dickerson Stewart,
VP, Group Director- Talent Engagement & Inclusion, DigitasLBi,
NA
- Alandha Scott, Global Head of Shows Marketing,
YouTube
Innovator
- Eliana Murillo, Head of
Multicultural Marketing, Google
- Adrian Isles, Software
Engineer, YouTube
- Morgan DeBaun, Founder
& CEO, Blavity
Rockstar
- Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, Head
of Brand & Consumer Marketing, Facebook
- Abiola Oke, CEO &
Publisher, Okayafrica
- Suresh Raj, Worldwide
Chief Business Development Officer, Ogilvy & Mather
Rising Star
- Jessica McGlory,
Associate Director, Paid Social Lead, The Engine Group
- Hayet Rida, Management
Director, FCB Chicago
- Christopher Vega,
Copywriter, BBDO Worldwide
MVP
- The Advertising Club of NY & PWC LLP
- Wieden + Kennedy & Pacific Education Group
- BlackDoctor.org & SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration)
HONOREES
All-Star Award
- Jesse Williams, Actor
& Activist, Star of "Grey's Anatomy" and Founder of farWord,
Inc.
Legend Award
- Keli Lee, Managing
Director, International Content, Platforms and Talent, ABC Studios
International
- Nadja Bellan-White, EVP,
Global Brand Management, Ogilvy & Mather EMEA
Catalyst Award
- Elaine Welteroth,
Editor-in-Chief, Teen Vogue
Advocate Award
- Wilson Cruz, Actor &
Activist, Star of "13 Reason Why"
ADCOLOR in TECH Award
- Erin Teague, Virtual
Reality Product Lead, YouTube
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Johnson Publishing Company
- Carol H. Williams,
President, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Carol H. Williams
Advertising
ADCOLOR/One Club Creative Award
- Max Stinson, Creative
Director, Wieden + Kennedy
- Wells Davis, Chief Strategy Officer, David &
Goliath
Mr. ADCOLOR
- Jonathan Priester,
Account Strategist, Google
Ms. ADCOLOR
- Jezzika Chung, Copywriter, TBWA Media Arts Lab
FUTURES
- Anastasia Garcia, Senior
Content Director at TBWAChiatDay
- Andrew Dean, Assistant
Account Executive at Ogilvy & Mather
- Ashley Falcon, Campaign
Specialist – Multicultural at Pandora
- Bri Akakpo, Account
Executive at Wieden + Kennedy
- Bria Benjamin, Design
Apprentice at R/GA
- Briana Patrick, Jr. Brand
Strategist at Wexley
- Bryant Lim,
Communications Planner at BBDO Worldwide
- Cierra Moore, Junior
Strategist at Leo Burnett
- Deborah Renteria,
Multicultural Marketing Coordinator at HBO
- Dennis Haynes, Content
Creator/Creative
- Farin Nikdel, Content
Coordinator at Wieden+Kennedy
- Hailey Floyd, Strategist
at Apple
- Jeredon O'Conner, Videographer/Editor at
Wieden+Kennedy
- Jesica Marquez, Creative
Technologist/Engineer at Wieden+Kennedy
- Justin Ollivierre, Senior
Associate Social Strategist at DigitasLBi
- Kailynd Beck, Art Director at Geometry Global
- Kendal Rouse, Assistant
Account Executive at RPA
- Kim Chau, Designer at
DigitasLBi
- Kristin Overton, Media
Associate at Spark Communications
- Melanie Liu, Producer at
DigitasLBi, NA
- Melissa Julien, Client
Relationship Coordinator at Biz Virtuoso Consulting
- Orlando Buddle, Project
Manager at ESPN
- Shawn Spears, Jr. Writer
at 72andSunny
- Taylor Stokes, Account
Executive at BSTRO
- Thomas Nguyen, Media
Strategy Associate at Starcom
- Travis McPhee, Associate
Media Planner, Paid Social at DigitasLBi, NA
- Xenecia Farrell, Paid Search/Social Analyst at Spark
SMG
- Zachary L. McGowan,
Marketing Coordinator at Reach Records
Contact: Chris Henry,
212-277-3815, Christopher.Henry@edelman.com
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