These are the companies that are breaking new ground in diversity and inclusion, diversity leaders who are a conduit for change in their organization, and 20-somethings who are leading the way for their generation.

Awards will be presented Tuesday, May 23 at The State Room.

Individuals

Individuals who are willing to shake things up and lead the charge for diversity within their organization.

Mohamad Ali

President & CEO

Carbonite

Javier Barrientos

Senior Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion

Biogen

Mahzarin Benaji

Department Chair and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics

Harvard University

Marques Benton

Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Jamie Bergeron

Manager, Diversity & Inclusion

Northeastern University

Mike Boston

Founder

Mobile Stü

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Ph.D.

CEO

IBA – Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción

David L. Casey

VP of Workforce Strategies, Chief Diversity Officer

CVS Health

Sydney Chaffee

Humanities Teacher, National Teacher of the Year

Codman Academy Charter Public School

Ankita Dasgupta

Senior Analyst, Strategy and Analysis

DigitasLBi

Mike Dunford

Veteran Advocate & Principal

Beverly Edgehill

Vice President

TJX Companies

Chris Edwards

Creative Director, Author, and Speaker

Jen Faigel

Executive Director

CommonWealth Kitchen

Adam Foss

Former Assistant District Attorney

Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office

Paul Francisco

Chief Diversity Officer

State Street

Andrew Gallagher

Director

Posse Foundation

Larry Goldberg

Senior Director of Media Accessibility

Yahoo!

Alex Gomez

Owner, Director / Filmmaker

Intercultural Productions

Jeff Howard

Chairman & CEO

Efficacy Institute

Ramsey Johnson

Sr. Director, Clinical Operations

X4 Pharmaceuticals

Su Joun

Founder

Diversity@Workplace Consulting Group

Pranam Lipinski

Co-founder and CEO

Door of Clubs

Juan Lopera

Vice President, Business Diversity

Tufts Health Plan

Randa Newsome

Chief Human Resources Officer

Raytheon

Steve Pemberton

Chief Diversity Officer and Divisional Vice President

Walgreens

Geeta Pradhan

President

Cambridge Community Foundation

Jen Putnam

Chief Creative Officer

Allen & Gerritsen

Valerie Roberson

President

Roxbury Community College

Mia Roberts

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

Jody Rose

Executive Director

New England Venture Capital Association

Cheryl Savage

Senior Director, Global Agency Development

Yahoo!

Sandra Sims-Williams

Chief Diversity Officer

Publicis Groupe

Cory Spinney

Account Manager

DigitasLBi

Nancy Stager

EVP of Human Resources and Charitable Giving

Eastern Bank

Laura Stout

Director of Contract Operations and leader of Empowering Abilities Employee Resource Group

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Donny Tavares

Chief Diversity Officer

City of Boston

Setti Warren

Politician, Mayor 

Newton, MA

Anthony Williams

Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition and Diversity

Akamai Technologies

Lorita Williams

Educator and Founder

Roxbury Community College and Accelerate College Experiences (ACE)

Lauren Willis

Content & Marketing Director

Intercultural Productions

Susan Windham-Bannister

President & CEO

Biomedical Growth Strategies

Melissa York

Vice President, Group Account Director

DigitasLBi

Karen Young

Vice President and Chief Inclusion Officer

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

David Zimmerman

Publisher

Boston Spirit Magazine

Companies

Companies that are embracing diversity not as a mandate, but as a movement.

Akamai Technologies

Cambridge, MA

Allen & Gerritsen Presents Mobile Stü

Boston, MA

Biogen

Cambridge, MA

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Boston, MA

Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan

Boston, MA

CommonWealth Kitchen

Boston, MA

Children’s Trust

Boston, MA

CVP Career Academy (CV Properties & KAGE Growth Strategies)

Boston, MA

Dell EMC

Hopkinton, MA

DigitasLBi

Boston, MA

Eastern Bank

Boston, MA

Get Konnected!

Boston, MA

Google

Cambridge, MA

Hult International Business School

Boston, MA

Junior Achievement of Northern New England

Waltham, MA

KPMG

Boston, MA

Museum of Science

Boston, MA

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Cambridge, MA

One Young World

London

Rockland Trust Bank

Boston, MA

Slalom Consulting

Boston, MA

SHE Fund (State Street)

Boston, MA

State Street

Boston, MA

Year Up

Boston, MA

20-Somethings

20-something-year-olds who are leading the way for their generation.

Rana Abdelhamid

Founder and Executive Director

WISE

Sarah Case

Associate Director, Educational Programs & Workforce Development

New England Venture Capital Association

Pooja Chandrashekar

Founder & CEO

ProjectCSGIRLS

Stacy Diaz

Safe and Supportive Schools Program Specialist

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Yasmine El Baggari

Founder

Voyaj Inc.

Julie Epstein

Electrical Engineer

Raytheon

Justin Kang

Executive Director

City Awake

Jana Landon

Diversity Intern Recruiter, Tech Student Outreach

Google

Katherine Nagy

Young Employee Success network Northeast regional Community Service/Outreach Lead and Technical Illustrator/Writer

Raytheon

Torin Perez

TED Resident

TED Conferences

Giuliana Sandonato

Site Director of YESNET

Raytheon

Tammy Tibbetts

Founder & CEO

She’s The First

Imelme Umana

President

Harvard Law Review

Chon’tel Washington

Director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence

Framingham State University

Heather White

Founder

TRILLfit

Yohannes Chambers

Media Planner and Leader of DigitasLBi Boston’s Diversity and Inclusion Council Founder

DigitasLBi