MediaVillage Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive advertising-supported media community through collective investment and positive impact, announced the 2024 Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors inductees at its D-E-I-B Leadership Gathering in New York City. Jack Myers, founder of MediaVillage Education Foundation and AdvancingDiversity.org, made the announcement. Sixteen individuals at 14 organizations join 36 prior inductees, many of whom were at last night’s event introducing MediaVillage Education Foundation’s founding board members.
The 2024 AdvancingDiversity.org Hall of Honors inductees are (in alpha order by company):
- A+E Networks, Karen Gray, Chief Diversity Officer / Chief Administrative Officer
- AD CLUB & International ANDY Awards, Gina Grillo, President & CEO
- Alma Advertising, Isaac Mizrahi, CEO
- ANA AIMM, Lisette Arsuaga, Gilbert Davila, Carlos Santiago, Co-Founders
- Bold Culture, Darren Martin Jr., Founder & CEO
- Disney Advertising, Rita Ferro, President
- FUTURE NOW, Margaret Kim, Founder & CEO
- General Motors, Heather Stewart,General Director, Global Media and Marketing Services;Brianne Boles-Marshall, Global Marketing Services | Diversity Media Strategy & Investment
- Horizon Media, Bill Koenigsberg, Founder & CEO
- MAGNA Global, Dani Benowitz, President, US and Global
- Mattel, Inc., corporate acceptance
- McDonald’s Corporation, Elizabeth Campbell, Vice President, Field & Culture Marketing
- Reckitt, Gary Osifchin, Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager, U.S. Hygiene
- Walton Isaacson, Aaron Walton, CEO / Founder
Said Myers: “As a longtime activist for education and diversity as tools for generating growth in the advertising industry, it is our pleasure to recognize the leaders and supporters investing in the future through their commitment to diversity.”
The industry will acknowledge the 16 new inductees at theon October 18, 2023 at Michael’s Restaurant in New York City. (Credit: Ron Wyatt Photography / courtesy of MediaVillage).