TOP Corporations Awards

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Greater Women’s Business Council’s GWBC TOP Corporations of the Year Awards are a living testimonial to the work of our constituency and the organization. These awards honor leading corporations who have demonstrated a solid commitment and passion for engaging and empowering women business enterprises (WBE). Corporate honorees represent “best in class innovators” in supplier diversity and procurement.

TOP Corporations of the Year Awards are unique, because each Honoree’s story is presented through the voice and experience of the WBE whose business the Awardee has impacted.

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(l-r): Roz Lewis (GWBC®); T.J. Lewis (Ally Financial); Courtnie Barrett-Parks (Randstad); Melody Davidson (UPS); Danielle Chueng (Bank of America); Sesley Brown (Accenture); Lissa Miller (Truist Financial Corporation); Christi Jordan (AT&T); Crystal King (Grady Health System); Vickie Irwin-Avery (Georgia Power) Missing: Torarie Durdan (Walmart)
Photo by: Hope Productions (l-r): Roz Lewis (GWBC®); T.J. Lewis (Ally Financial); Courtnie Barrett-Parks (Randstad); Melody Davidson (UPS); Danielle Chueng (Bank of America); Sesley Brown (Accenture); Lissa Miller (Truist Financial Corporation); Christi Jordan (AT&T); Crystal King (Grady Health System); Vickie Irwin-Avery (Georgia Power) Missing: Torarie Durdan (Walmart)

2023 Recap

Event Date
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Event Location
Hotel Colee
3377 Peachtree Rd NE | Atlanta, GA

2023 TOP Corporations of the Year Awards Honorees: Accenture (Nedra Dickson, Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Diversity - Supply Chain); Ally Financial (T.J. Lewis, Senior Director of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability); AT&T (Christi Jordan, Senior Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager); Bank of America (Vonshe Jenkins, SVP, Supplier Diversity & Responsible Sourcing Executive); Georgia Power (Fran Forehand, SVP, Power Delivery); Grady Health System (Crystal King, Director of Supplier Diversity); Randstad (Audra Jenkins, Global Chief Equity Officer); Truist Financial Corporation (Lissa Miller, SVP, Chief Supplier Diversity Officer); UPS (Kris Oswold, VP, Global Supplier Diversity); Walmart (Toraire Durden, Head of Marketing, Walmart Business)

2023 TOP Honorees

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Nedra Dickson

Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Diversity - Supply Chain

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T.J. Lewis

Senior Director of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability

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Christi P. Jordan

Senior Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager

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Vonshe Jenkins

SVP, Supplier Diversity & Responsible Sourcing Executive

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Fran Forehand

SVP, Power Delivery

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Crystal King

Director of Supplier Diversity

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Audra Jenkins

Global Chief Equity Officer

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Lissa J. Miller

SVP, Chief Supplier Diversity Officer

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Kris Oswold

VP, Global Supplier Diversity

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Toraire Durden

Head of Marketing, Walmart Business

2022 Recap

Event Date
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Event Location
Twelve Hotel Midtown
361 17th St NW | Atlanta, GA

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2022 TOP Corporations of the Year Awards Honorees and Corporation Representatives.  (Standing Left to Right) Christi Jordan, Sr. Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager, AT&T; Nedra Dickson, Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture; Jessica Wagener, Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Wells Fargo; Lissa Miller, SVP, Chief Supplier Diversity Officer, Truist Financial Corporation; TJ Lewis, Sr. Director, Supplier Diversity, Ally Financial; Crystal King, Director, Supplier Diversity, Grady Health System; Kris Oswold, VP, Global Supplier Diversity, UPS; Roz Lewis, GWBC.

2022 TOP Honorees

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Nedra Dickson

Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Diversity - Supply Chain

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T.J. Lewis

Senior Director of Supplier Diversity

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Christi P. Jordan

Senior Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager

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Crystal King

Director of Supplier Diversity

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Lissa J. Miller

SVP, Chief Supplier Diversity Officer

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Kris Oswold

VP, Global Supplier Diversity

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Jessica Wagener

Supplier Diversity Program Manager

2021 Recap and Honorees

Nedra Dickson

Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead

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Jalayna Bolden

Assistant Vice President, Environment, Health * Safety – AT&T Global Connections & Supply Chain

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Vonshe Jenkins

SVP; Global Supplier Diversity & Responsible Sourcing Executive

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Crystal King

Director of Supplier Diversity

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Lissa J. Miller

SVP; Global Supplier Diversity & Responsible Sourcing Executive

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Larik Dais

Supplier Diversity Manager

2020 TOP Honorees

Nedra Dickson

Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead & Europe Market Lead

Tameka S. Harper

Director, Next Generation Services

Vickie Irwin-Avery

General Manager, Supplier Sustainability-Equity

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Latasha Griffin

Supplier Diversity Manager

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Karmetria Burton

General Manager, Supplier Diversity

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Crystal King

Director, Supplier Diversity and Equity

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Lissa J. Miller

SVP, Chief Supplier Diversity Officer

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Jalyana Bolden

Assistant Vice President, Environment, Health * Safety –AT&T Global Connections & Supply Chain

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Oliver Hasse

Senior Vice President, Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas

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Vonshe M. Jenkins

Senior Vice President, Supplier Diversity & Sustainable Sourcing Executive

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Mershelle Davis

Supplier Diversity Lead

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2019 Recap

Event Date
Monday, April 30, 2019

Event Location
The St. Regis Atlanta
Eighty-Eight, West Paces Ferry Rd NW | Atlanta, GA

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2019 TOP Corporations of the Year Awards Honorees and Corporation Representatives.  (Standing Left to Right) Eyvon C. Austin, Global Director, Supplier Diversity, The Coca-Cola Company; Floss Aggrey, Director of Compliance and Diversity and Inclusion, Randstad; Norma Marquez-Barahona, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Randstad; Dan McNally, Chief Procurement Officer, WestRock; Kris Oswold, Director of Supplier Diversity, UPS; Stephanie Pulliam, Director Sourcing Operations, Wireless Devices & Wearables, Entertainment Group-Global Supply Chain, AT&T; Nedra Dickson, Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead, Accenture; Lissa Miller, FVP Supplier Diversity, SunTrust; Adam Moore, Strategic Supplier Diversity Manager, SunTrust; Tai Roberson, VP, Senior Community Development Office, Wells Fargo.