The 13th Annual ADCOLOR Awards Takes Place September 8th, 2019 in Los Angeles

The 13th Annual ADCOLOR Awards Takes Place September 8th, 2019 in Los Angeles

Eva Longoria to be Recognized with the Beacon Award Presented by ADWEEK

NEW YORK — ADCOLOR, the premier organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, announced their 2019 Honorees and Nominees at ADCOLOR Live in the Facebook Live Studios.

The organization also announced the 2019 class of ADCOLOR FUTURES, a program that chooses the best and brightest professionals who are one to three years into their career to attend the annual conference and awards show which will take place September 6th through the 8th at the J.W. Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.

Actor, director, producer and activist, Eva Longoria was recognized as the 2019 Beacon Award presented by ADWEEK, the leading resource for the brand marketing and advertising community. “There is no better honoree to set the tone of Adweek’s inaugural Beacon Award than Eva Longoria,” said Lisa Granatstein, Editor, SVP, Programming, Adweek. “From her formidable seven-year-old Eva Longoria Foundation that empowers Latinas via STEM education and entrepreneurship to her leadership role calling for diversity in Hollywood, Eva’s remarkable accomplishments are both authentic and action-oriented.” The inaugural Beacon Award honors talent who uses their celebrity as a catalyst to change the status quo in the quest for diversity and inclusion. In May, ADCOLOR and Adweek partnered on the first Champion awards and celebration recognizing the fearless leaders and rising stars in marketing and media who embody ADCOLOR’s call to “Rise Up. Reach Back.”

The announcement took place at the Facebook Live Studios and was hosted by Dana Blair, on-air host, correspondent and entrepreneur, along with Tiffany R. Warren, ADCOLOR Founder and President and members of the ADCOLOR community.

The 13th Annual ADCOLOR Awards will highlight and honor the achievements of African-American, American Indian/Native American, Asian Pacific-American, Hispanic/Latino and LGBTQ professionals, as well as spotlighting diversity and inclusion champions in the creative industries.

“I’m so inspired by the collective achievements, energy and the ways in which the 2019 Honorees, Nominees and FUTURES have taken a stand in their professional and personal lives,” said ADCOLOR Founder and President Tiffany R. Warren. “The 13th Annual ADCOLOR Awards in September will provide us with an opportunity to express the ways in which ADCOLOR honorees, nominees ad FUTURES ‘Took A Stand,’ in line with this year’s theme. I can’t wait to celebrate the remarkable ways they have risen up and reached back with our ADCOLOR community and beyond.”

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” and ways they took a stand in line with this year’s conference and awards theme. 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 6th through 8th for ADCOLOR 2019. Registration is now open and early bird pricing ends July 1st. Visit ADCOLOR.org for more details.

Below you can find the full list of Nominees, Honorees and FUTURES for this year’s ADCOLOR Awards.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Omnicom Group, DIAGEO, Procter & Gamble, Verizon Media, Wieden+Kennedy, Apple, Spotify, TBWA\ Worldwide, American Express, NBCUniversal, Ogilvy, Twitter, 72andSunny, DDB Worldwide, Deutsch Inc., Disney Advertising Sales, Edelman, Pandora, 72andSunny, Anomaly, Apple Music, Beats By Dre, BMW, Buzzfeed, DAS Global Group of Companies, Digitas, FCB, HBO, LOL Network, McCann New York, Omnicom Media Group, Pinterest, Publicis Groupe, Publicis Health Group, RGA, Trip Advisor, Zambezi

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. Learn more by visiting www.adcolor.org.

Adweek is the leading source of news and insights serving the brand marketing ecosystem. First published in 1979, Adweek’s award-winning coverage reaches an engaged audience of more than six million professionals across platforms including print, digital, events, podcasts, newsletters, social media and mobile apps. As a touchstone of the advertising and marketing community, Adweek is an unparalleled resource for leaders across multiple industries who rely on its content to help them do their job better.

The 2019 ADCOLOR Nominees are as follows:

Agency: R/GA

Agency: McCann NY

Agency: Droga5

Agency: Droga5

• Vincent Pierson, Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Minor League Baseball
• Alexandra Siegel, Senior Manager, Equality Content, Narrative, and Marketing, Salesforce
• Sherice Torres, Marketing Director, Google

• Dhane Scotti, Integrated Consumer Marketing Lead for Pixel, Google
• Michael Warner, Chief Relationship Officer | Partner, EGAMI Group
• Krystle Watler, Head of Business Development, Virtue

• Shala Akintunde, Creative Director/ Founder, The Movement Worldwide
• Antionette Carroll, President and CEO (Founder), Creative Reaction Lab
• LaToya Drake, Global Outreach Lead, Google

• Julian Gillian, Senior Art Director, Leo Burnett Chicago
• Tiffany Golden, Associate Producer, Wieden+Kennedy
• Mariano Pintor, Account Supervisor / Social Media, McCann NY

• Brendan Chan, Program Manager, CS Education, Google
• Danielle Lee, VP, Global Head of Partner Solutions, Spotify
• Stacey Mahoney, Global Sales Strategist, Microsoft

• TONL & NIKE
• R/GA & The AD Council
• Google, Inc. & UN Women

• Eva Longoria, Actress, Producer, Director, Philanthropist

• Steve Pamon, Chief Operating Officer, Parkwood Entertainment
• Helen Lin, Chief Digital Officer, Publicis Media
• Ted Chung, Founder & Chairman, Cashmere Agency

• Gold House
• AdFellows, a program of Verizon
• The Curly Girl Collective

• Hector Orci, Founder & Co-Chairman, Orci
• Sheldon Levy, Former SVP, Deputy/Associate Head of Production, Saatchi & Saatchi NY

• Robert Wong, Chief Creative Officer, Google
• Brandon Rochon, Managing Chief Creative Officer, Kastner & Partners and Founder & Chief Creative Officer, SNKRINC.

• Joon Park, Cultural Strategist, Sparks + Honey

• Brittany Johnson, Creative Strategist, Facebook

• Ace Patterson, Consumer Marketing Operations Manager, Facebook
• Alex Harris, Partner Manager, Facebook
• Alex Studer, Account Executive, Deutsch
• Alexandra Givan, Government Communications Manager, Comcast
• Aniqua Hendricks, Multicultural Media Strategist, Hearts & Science
• Barbara Gonzales, Assistant Manager of PR and Social Media, Ad Council
• Bryan Stromer, Communications Manager, Microsoft
• Gloria Lin, Community Manager, Edelman
• Helena Berhane, Strategic Planner, Fluent360
• James Ramseur, Assistant Comms and Media Planner, Wieden+Kennedy
• Jorge Tajj Badil-Abish, Junior Copywriter, FCB West
• Julian Soto, Copy Supervisor, Patients & Purpose
• Kelly Garcia, Copywriter, Ogilvy
• Kevin Lam, Senior Product Designer, Elephant
• Keyon Branch, Digital Media Planner, OMD
• Maimouna Siby, Marketing Strategist, Squarespace
• Makeda Loney, Copywriter, FCB Chicago
• Nagini Reddy, Junior Graphic Designer, Wieden+Kennedy
• Nicole Dei, Account Coordinator, HBO
• Omar Wilson, Account Manager, Facebook
• Pilar McQuirter, Talent Program Manager, Havas WorldWide Chicago
• Samrawit Seifu, Associate Creative, Buzzfeed
• Sayid Abdullaev, Product Marketing Manager, YouTube
• Selly Sallah, Sponsorship Marketing Associate, NPR
• Shantae Howell, Creative Strategist, Vox Media
• Tatiana Britt, Assistant Account Executive
• Veronica Peñaloza-Wolfermann, Account Manager, Facebook
• Victoria Onuzuruike, Assistant Producer, Ogilvy