ACE Award Criteria: Nominees are employees of any gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability including employees or managers of any ethnic or culturally diverse community who:
Impact their organization’s success by directly or indirectly increasing profitability, improving efficiencies and/or reducing costs
Improve their workplace culture by embracing and promoting an inclusive environment, positive attitude and influence on others
Demonstrate leadership by upholding their organization’s core values and promoting innovation
Work in middle-to-senior level management or head a specific department (such as, but not limited to accounting, marketing, production or business), or who serves as a project manager in a flat organization
Have some involvement in the development and/or implementation of policies, procedures and plans
Promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the organization and are an active advocate and hold themselves and others accountable for diversity , equity and inclusion (DE&I)
Demonstrate sustained active external leadership/involvement e.g. active role in diverse organizations, programs or initiatives locally or nationally
Serve as a role model, sponsor and mentor for all employees with an emphasis on their ethnic and culturally diverse employee base
