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Since 2016, ACCP has celebrated corporate social impact professionals serving as beacons of excellence in their field. ACCP’s Purpose Awards are the only awards program that recognizes individuals helping to catalyze change within their companies.
In addition to the three Purpose Awards recognized in past years, ACCP is excited to announce the addition of a new category, Corporate Social Impact Team of the Year.
This year’s award categories are:
Champion for Change
Champion for Change is a top-level company executive who uses their political capital, influence, and actions to drive buy-in, resources, and engagement from other executives, employees, and community leaders, for the company’s ESG and corporate social impact work.
Trailblazer
Trailblazer is the senior corporate social impact department leader whose governance, strategy, and programs demonstrate significant business and social impact over time.
Rising Star
Rising Star is a junior or mid-career professional in CSR/ESG whose work has created measurable impact inside and/or outside the company – without the benefit of positional authority.
Corporate Social Impact Team of the Year
Corporate Social Impact Team of the Year recognizes a team of CSR and/or ESG practitioners (minimum of 2 or more co-workers) whose collaborative and innovative approach to a project or program generated significant business results for the company and/or social impact in the community.
Previous Award Winners
2021
Rising Star
Cara Garcia-Bou
Learning and Communications Officer
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Trailblazer
Laura Nieto
Director, Community Outreach
Southwest Airlines
Champion for Change
Alan Colberg
CEO (retired)
Assurant
2020
Rising Star
Tanya Jeong
Associate Director of Global Philanthropy
AbbVie
Trailblazer
Kevin Martinez
VP of Corporate Citizenship
ESPN
Champion for Change
Vincent Forlenza
Executive Chairman of the Board & former CEO
BD
2019
Rising Star
Heather Meloy
Manager within Responsible Business Leadership
PwC
Trailblazer
Karen Davis
Former SVP of Global Philanthropy and Social Impact
Hasbro, Inc.
Champion for Change
Dan Sullivan, Jr.
CEO and President
Collette
Ignite Impact Award
2018
Laura K. Gallahger
Global Head, Corporate Citizenship
AIG
2017
Shannon Schuyler
Principal, Chief Purpose Officer and Corporate Responsibility Leader
PwC
2016
Kristina J. Taylor.
VP, Global Community Relations & VP, Ecolab Foundation
Ecolab
