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2025 ANA Multicultural & Inclusive Marketing Excellence Awards First Round Jury
Every year, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) conducts a rigorous search for industry leaders who have distinguished themselves as experts in the Multicultural & Inclusive Marketing space. These leaders are invited to help identify and honor the most outstanding marketing work through the ANA Multicultural & Inclusive Marketing Excellence Awards—an award that showcases impactful work and celebrates the teams raising the bar across our industry.
We extend our sincere gratitude to the esteemed members of the 2025 ANA Multicultural & Inclusive Marketing Excellence Awards First Round Jury. Each of these individuals generously contributed their time, knowledge, and expertise to evaluate the best work of the year across 20 categories.
| Jeremiah Abraham | Tremendous Communications |
| Guillermo Abud | Epsilon |
| Cenonn Advincula | IW Group, Inc. |
| Fiorella Agostino | NBCUniversal |
| Quayla Allen | Kraft Heinz Company |
| Jeffrey Almeida | Balmoral Multicultural Marketing |
| Gisele Alves | Viant Technology LLC |
| Ayanna Anderson | Highwire PR |
| Alonso Arias | the non agency |
| Andrew Arnot | Arnold Worldwide |
| Heidi Arthur | The Advertising Council |
| Ashley Austin | Roosevelt University |
| Doreen Awuku-Agyeman | Tech Hub Africa |
| John Baez | Fuse Media |
| Lola Bakare | be/co |
| Chris Baker | Totem Media |
| Suzie Bao | IW Group, Inc. |
| Kari Barckley | TransPerfect |
| Shalane Barrett | Culture One World |
| Singleton Beato | McCann Worldgroup |
| Damian Benders | My Code Media |
| Carolina Bernal Strifling | Portal Latino |
| Simmy Bhargava | Dentsu |
| Liz Blacker | LSB Global Marketing |
| Melissa Blunte | Georgia-Pacific Corporation |
| Brianne Boles-Marshall | General Motors Company |
| Dawnyell Bowen | Disney Experiences |
| Jeffrey Almeida | Reframe Consulting Services |
| Cristina Bozas | Pólvora Advertising |
| Marissa Brock | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
| Susette Brooks | Penguin Random House |
| Dontrese J. Brown | BROWNBAYLOR™️ + Hidden In Plain Site (HiPS™) |
| Thomas Brown | The Bipoc Filter LLC |
| Donnie Broxson | Acento Advertising |
| Paula Bruno | Intuition Media Group |
| Lisa Bull | Yobo Spirit House |
| Javier Bustillos | Georgia-Pacific Corporation |
| Rhonesha Byng | Her Agenda |
| Mauricio Cadena | Alma Advertising LLC |
| Dario Campos | Dieste Dallas |
| Esteban Canales Avellaneda | NASCAR |
| Juan Carlos Cardona | Disney Destinations LLC |
| Steve Carnegie | Clark Atlanta University (F&S) |
| Liliana Caro | Havas Media |
| Krysten Casabielle | Chemistry Cultura |
| Cheryl Cavanaugh | Pernod Ricard USA |
| Ivan Cayabyab | Moody’s |
| Ana Ceppi | Multicultural Growth Partners |
| Laura Chambers | MissionSquare Retirement |
| Rachel Chan | Verizon |
| Amber Chenevert | VML |
| Janet Cho | Medtronic |
| Sharon Cho | Edelman |
| Karen Chong | AARP |
| Matthew Choy | Intertrend |
| Gina Christie | Danone North America |
| Erich Claxton | Synovus |
| Michelle Cobas | MEL |
| Kimberly Cohn | Easterseals |
| Gary Coichy, | Pod Digital Media |
| Andriena Coleman | Hearts & Science |
| Tony Coles | iHeartMedia |
| Tito Colon | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. ALSAC |
| Amina Colter Jones | Edelman |
| Erika Constantine | Discover The Palm Beaches |
| Gustavo Cracogna | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| Karla Crawford Kerr | Hawthorne Direct, LLC |
| Michael Cruz | YMCA of Greater New York |
| Daniel da Hora | LAG | UFPB |
| Maria Daatio Perez | Mattel, Inc. |
| Nathalie Darres | Reckitt |
| Nandini DasGupta | EssenceMediacom |
| David Davidovic | pathForward |
| Gemma Davies | ServiceNow |
| Joanne Davis | Joanne Davis Consulting, Inc. |
| Simone Davis | Mixed Company Media Group |
| Edgardo de la Garza | DLG Research |
| Sue De Lopez | Visit San Antonio |
| Eric Diaz | Nativa |
| Doan Toquyen | The Stott Group |
| May Dobbins | Vitalant |
| Carla Dodds | Aaron's Inc. |
| Cecilia Dones | Columbia University |
| Noelle Dong | GSTV |
| Steve Ducos | Johnson & Johnson |
| Daniel Duplessis | Army Enterprise Marketing Office |
| Rebecca East | Hill + Knowlton Strategies |
| Aviel Eidels | Stoic Media |
| Michael Elyanow | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
| Yunilda Esquivel | H/L Agency |
| Nyron Fauconier | Jack Morton Worldwide |
| Juan Martin Federico | Havas Media |
| Gus Fernandez | U.S. Bank and Elavon |
| Marina Filippelli | Orci |
| Erin Flaxman | Flaxman & Co. |
| Crystal Foote | Digital Culture Group, LLC |
| Tia Forbes | Georgia State University |
| Dave Fordw | PR In Canada |
| Esther Franklin | Spark Foundry |
| Ali Frost | PopStroke |
| Jackie Gagne | Independent Contractor |
| Sahit Garapati | Amazon Ads |
| Carlos Garcia | Garcia Research Associates, Inc. |
| Rich Garcia | The Community Agency |
| Kelsey Garcia-Abdin | Disney Experiences |
| Craig Geller | Ze3no, LLC |
| Tamon George | Creative Theory Agency |
| Liliana Gil Valletta | CULTURE+ Group |
| Sequoyah Glenn | 924 CoOperative |
| Jessica Gonzalez | Blue Shield of CA |
| Rose Gonzalez | Universal Destinations & Experiences |
| Pancho González | Inbrax |
| Janava Green | Progressive Casualty Insurance Company |
| Randy Gudiel | Orci |
| Tali Gumbiner | Terri & Sandy |
| Selina Guo | Admerasia, Inc |
| Akhilesh Gupta | ZEE (Asia TV USA Ltd.) |
| Anamika Gupta | SimplifiDX |
| Connie Hannigan-Franck | National Wildlife Federation |
| Erin Harris | SiriusXM Media |
| Debora Haskel | Moore DM Group |
| Lachanel Hemphill | Digitas Health |
| Kate Hernandez | Travelers Insurance |
| Maria Teresa Hernandez | Mirriad |
| Etienne Hernandez-Medina | H&M Communications |
| Sylvia Herrera | Venus Media |
| Jennifer Hopson | Amazon Ads |
| Robert HoSang | NBC Universal |
| Alyssa Hu | Intertrend Communication |
| Jenny Huang | Gannett Co. USA TODAY |
| Christine Hung | Penguin Random House |
| Tim Hung | Blossom Lane Communications |
| Kurt Hunzeker | National Lacrosse League |
| Jon Jaimes | Inspire Agency |
| Akshika Jain | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Jaideep Janakiram | Sony Pictures Entertainment - (SS&P) |
| Akchat Jha | Walmart Connect |
| De'Von Johnson | BleuLife Media Group |
| Deepti Kapur | Diya TV |
| Lee Karchawer | Adlugo |
| Chris Keller | Empower Federal Credit Union |
| Soon Mee Kim | Omnicom Communications Consultancy Network |
| Stephen Kim | Princeton University Art Museum |
| Jessica Kirkwood | CARE |
| Katina Kontarakis | Mirror Digital |
| LaZette Lafontant | VML |
| Jessalin Lam | Publicis Groupe |
| Marie Lamonica | We Are Rosie |
| Cheryl Lee | Intertrend |
| Clara Lee | Admerasia, Inc |
| Maria Lee | Droga5 |
| Toni Lee | Toni Lee Communications |
| Flor Leibaschoff | BeautifulBeast |
| Gregory Lewis | Citi (Citibank NA) |
| Mikaela Liboro | McCann NY |
| Howard Lichtman | Ethnicity Matters |
| Tameka Linnell | Dentsu Creative |
| Josh Loebner | VML |
| Danisha Lomax | Digitas |
| Neylu Longoria | Remezcla |
| Alex Lopez Negrete | Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc. |
| Raizel Lopez | Universal Destinations & Experiences |
| Nicholas Love | The Kulur Group, LLC |
| Mwanza Lumumba | Moet Hennessy USA |
| Larry Lundy | Lundy Marketing Group |
| Sabrina Lynch | Nuance Matters |
| Sofia Machado Lemus | Operation Smile |
| Marcos Macias | Macias Creative |
| Gerri Madrid-Davis | AARP |
| Mariana Magadan | Mundial Media |
| Annette Malave | RAB |
| Pauline Malcolm-Thornton | BrandStory Architech |
| Louis Maldonado | d expósito & Partners |
| Georgia Maldonado | Church's Chicken |
| Evan Marshall | Black Menswear / BMW Digital |
| Gianna Martin-Duarte | Hearts & Science |
| Dyani Marvel | Wondr Nation |
| Kikora Mason | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Kimberley McArthur | Macias Creative |
| Paula McClain | BPM GLOBAL |
| Paige McCrensky | Storyelling Catalyst Group |
| Lana McGilvray | Purpose Worldwide |
| Ashley McGowan | Meta |
| Garrett McGuire | Wahl Clipper Corporation |
| Ronald Mendez | EssenceMediacom |
| Chris Mendoza | Chris Mendoza Consulting |
| Ricardo Mendoza | Cynosure Creative Agency |
| David Mesas | Influyente |
| Janis Middleton | 22squared, Inc. |
| Renee Miller | The Miller Group |
| Steven Millerman | Fingerpaint |
| Laurence Minsky | Columbia College Chicago |
| Alex Miranda | KNOCK, Inc. |
| Amanda Mitchell | AT&T |
| Tiffany Mitsui | AT&T Inc. |
| Renee Mizrahi | Estrella TV |
| Matt Montemayor | Canela Media |
| Christine Moore | RAUS Global |
| Monaliza Morete | The Community Agency |
| Lolita Morrow | My Code Media |
| Rishi Mulgund | Haleon |
| Marissa Nance | Native Tongue Communications |
| Mia Navedo-Williams | Community Forward Solutions |
| Gabriela Neves | Factory360 Inc |
| XiaoHwa Ng | ADMERASIA |
| Jessica Noel | Majority |
| Graham Nolan | Do the WeRQ |
| Christian Nole | Brookdale Senior Living |
| Rodney Northern | Multimerica Media Ventures, LLC |
| Leo Olper | Third Ear |
| Henry Ong | Universal Pictures |
| Frances Ortiz-Montalvo | AT&T Inc. |
| Jeff Osuji | Eventnoire |
| Glenn Oyoung | Covered California |
| Giancarlo Pacheco | PCA |
| Stephen Paez | Publicis Media |
| Flor Palazzolo | Civil Mafia LLC |
| Joe Panepinto | Jack Morton Worldwide |
| Fenia Papadopoulou | HP Inc. |
| Chris Park | Mondelez International, Inc. |
| Nicole Parrott-Wilson | Meta |
| Morgan Pastner Jaffe | Bank of America |
| Scott Patterson | Apex Marketing Management, Inc. |
| Damian Pelliccione | Revry |
| Matias Perel | Zeta Global |
| Alonzo Perez | LERMA/ |
| Nestor Perinot | Prisa Media USA |
| Sher Perras | Island Pond Marketing Group, LLC |
| Daniel Petre | Solaris Paper, Inc. |
| Yvette Peña | AARP |
| Valeria Piaggio | Kantar |
| Diana Pieretti | Extrategic Culture, Inc. |
| Talia Pinto | HP Inc. |
| Kelsy Pitts | ING Source LLC. |
| Charlene Polite Corley | Nielsen |
| Andres Polo | Visa Inc. |
| Andrew Polsky | MokaMoto Worldwide |
| Tina Pragoff | Barclays US Consumer Bank |
| Kimberly Presnail | Active International |
| Nicole Preston | DishLATINO |
| Mark Prince | Dentsu |
| Ignacio Puig de la Bellacasa | Mastercard |
| DeChazier Pykel | Contender |
| Qin, Shiny | New York Life Insurance Company |
| David Queamante | Universal McCann |
| Aldo Quevedo | BeautifulBeast |
| Omar Quinones | MEL |
| Sheevani Raikundalia | Bloomberg L.P. |
| Ray Ramillosa | J.P. Morgan |
| Jennifer Rangel | MEL |
| Kimberly Reavill | Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| Christian Reslen | Reslen Ideas |
| Mark Revermann | fluent360 |
| Susana Reyes | Edelman |
| NiRey Reynolds | Momentum Worldwide |
| Phanalphie Rhue | Bennett College |
| Pam Richardson-Greenfield | Clark Atlanta University |
| Britany Rickett | Starcom Worldwide |
| Andres Rincon | Canela Media |
| Orlando Rivera | CIEN+ |
| Brian Roach | Ally |
| Ryan Robertson | Trust Marketing & Communications |
| Dominique Robinson | Kraft Heinz Foods Company |
| Genetta Robinson | Hulu LLC (marketing, procurement, legal) |
| Mike Roche | Revolt Media & TV |
| Beatriz Rojas | Kaiser Permanente |
| Diana Rojas | Audible Inc. |
| Mollie Rosen | 4A's |
| Kyle Rosenbaum | Marcom Company |
| Reza Rostampisheh | 72andSunny |
| Sean Rugless | The Katalyst Group |
| Ernesto Ruiz | Macias Creative |
| Anna Saalfeld | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| Kristen Sabina | MARCA Miami |
| Michelle Sagan | National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) |
| Javier San Miguel | Sensis |
| David Sanchez | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
| Deborah Sanders | CUNY-Herbert H. Lehman (F&S) |
| Wilson Santiago Soler | WSS Consultant |
| Latha Sarathy | Salient Impact Research Consulting |
| Michelle Savoy | Numatec |
| Lisa Schoder | Camco |
| Tyrone Scott | Healthfirst |
| Sebree-Henry Nicole | Northwestern Mutual |
| Genessee Semler | Asian Media Group |
| Martin Serra | PACO Collective |
| Juliana Shimer | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| Flavia Simoes | PepsiCo, Inc. |
| Jeremy Smith | The Recording Academy |
| Momica Smith | Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey |
| Randall Smith | Randall Smith |
| Nita Song | IW Group, Inc. |
| Emily Sorokes | Univision Communications Inc. |
| Emerson Sosa Ponce | Zenith |
| Carolina Souza | Prudential Financial |
| Aminata Sow | Johnson & Johnson |
| Lola Soyebo Harris | Alpha Residential |
| Aki Spicer | Cashmere Agency |
| Hayley Spurling | Thriyve Ltd. |
| Kristian May Stewart | Contender Labs |
| Lorraine Stewart | Rojek Consulting Group |
| Kelly Sudnik | PACO Collective |
| Seema Sundar | Hatcheri Foods |
| Latha Sundaram | EssenceMediacom |
| Jesse Sutow | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Joanne Sylvestre | Omnicom media group |
| Maricarmen Szeszko | Fuse Media |
| Monica Tailor | McCann NY |
| Michail Takach | American Dental Association |
| Charlene Thomas | Universal Music Group |
| Albert Thompson | Walton Isaacson |
| Laura Torres | Real Chemistry |
| Ben Tran | Plan C Agency |
| Alima Trapp | Doner Advertising |
| Sebastian Trujillo | Olympusat Holdings |
| Matthew Tumminello | Target 10 |
| KimberlyTunick | Walmart Stores, Inc. |
| Dennis Tze | Sertify |
| Marialejandra Urbina | Dieste |
| Mike Valdes-Fauli | Chemistry Cultura |
| Sreesha Vaman | Ethnicity Matters/Tulsea Sports Mktg |
| D.J. Vaughn | Walmart Stores, Inc. |
| Karen Vega | Paramount Advertising |
| Emma Velez-Lopez | T-Mobile |
| Claudio Vera | conill saatchi and saatchi |
| Rosa Villalta | My Code Media |
| Natasha Vuppuluri | MSLGROUP |
| Abhi Vyas | Verizon |
| Kaijona (KJ) Wade | PubW |
| Matt Wagner | Target 10 |
| Court Wakefield | Children's Health |
| Renee Walker | RENEE WALKER & ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Elias Weinstock | Casanova//McCann |
| Mariana Weinzimer | Influyente |
| Matt Weisbecker | My Code Media |
| Jordan Weiss | Diversity in Action |
| Elizabeth Wenger | Baptist Health South Florida |
| Arnetta Whiteside | Publicis Media |
| Erica L Wilkerson | NASCAR |
| Catherine Williams | In-Color Media Group |
| Kai Wright | Columbia University (F&S) |
| Theresa Mai Wright | Little Saigon TV Network, Inc. |
| Ray Wu | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Jennifer Wynns | Nueva Network |
| Leslie Yeh | Condé Nast |
| Diahann Young | PulteGroup, Inc. |
| Michael Yuen | Nationwide |
| Erika Zimmermann | Army Enterprise Marketing Office |