Honorees are selected from more than a 100 public nominations, then voted on by a committee of past honorees, partners and friends.
AUSTIN BLACK BUSINESS JOURNAL’S TOP TEN Honorees are listed in alphabetical order as follows:
- Raul Alvarez | Community Advancement Network | Executive Director
- John Paul DeJoria | Paul Mitchell | Co-founder
- John Garrett | Community Impact | Founder & CEO
- Alan Graham | Mobile Loaves & Fishes / Community First | CEO/Founder
- Stephanie Hawley, Ph.D. | Austin ISD | Equity Officer
- Chris Hyams | Indeed | CEO
- Daniel Lubetzky | Kind Bars | CEO
- Phyllis Snodgrass | Austin Habitat for Humanity | CEO
- Albert Swantner | Betterleave Bereavement | Cofounder
- Tyson Tuttle | Silicon Labs | Former CEO
Our previous distinguished list of Diversity Champions has included Michael & Susan Dell, Dan & Lisa Graham, Kendra Scott, Hugh Forrest, Quincy Dunlap at the Austin Urban League, Brent Fields former CEO of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Texas, Joshua Baer at Capital Factory, Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette at Huston Tillotson University, Spencer Cronk at the City of Austin, Kerri Hall at Texas Capital Bank, Christopher Kennedy at Leadership Austin, Beth Krueger at Austin Chamber of Commerce, Hon. Lora Livingston at Travis County District Court, Tom Noonan at Visit Austin, Duff Stewart at GSD&M and Delanie Ward at Austin Bar Association.
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AUSTIN BLACK BUSINESS JOURNAL’S MOST INFLUENTIAL Honorees
- Stacey Cleveland | Salesforce | Sr. Director, Equity & Inclusion
- Coach Jody Conradt | University of Texas | Basketball Coach
- Yolanda Davila | PNC Bank | SVP, Community Development Banking SW Territory Executive
- Scott Flack | LiveOak Gottesman | President
- Gretchen Gardinier | Charles Schwab | Director, Diversity and Inclusion
- Mindy Gulati | Fundamental Advisory | Founder/CEO
- Harold Hardaway, Ph.D. | AthenaHealth | Exec Dir. Of Internal Comms
- Julia Lashay Israel | Keller Williams Realty | Head of Inclusion & Belonging
- Joseph Kosper | Grayline | Group President
- Linda Novick O’Keefe | Common Threads | CEO
- Pamela Benson Owens | Six Square | CEO
- Lashaundra Shaw | Texas Department of Transportation | Diversity & Inclusion Program Administrator
- Dr. Stephanie Shipp | Salesforce | VP, Global Equality Strategy
- Latoya Smith | University of Texas | Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
- Roy Spence | GSD&M | Chairman/Cofounder
