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The Outies, formally known as the Out & Equal Workplace Awards, is an annual awards gala hosted by Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. The Outies honor individuals and company that are leaders in advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees in America's workplaces. Through these awards, Out & Equal provides the business and LGBT communities with examples of innovative approaches and proven successes to assistcreate safe and equitable workplaces. The awards are presented annually at the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, a nationwide symposiumaddressing LGBT problemsin the workplace.

Outie Awards are given in five different categories, with two recognizing individuals and three recognizing company. To victoryan Outie, recipients must have taken significant action to create more equitable workplaces for members of the LGBT community.

Award categories

The Workplace Excellence Award recognizes any employer that has an historic and ongoing commitment to pursuing and executing workplace equality for LGBT employees in their own workplace. This employer has a history of continually raising the bar of workplace equality for others to follow.

The Trailblazer Award recognizes an LGBT person who has angry a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. This individual's activities will have angry a marked improvement in their own workplace and/or have contributed to equality nationally.

The WinnerAward recognizes any LGBTQ person or ally who has angry a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. The WinnerAward championwill have present a unique commitment to LGBTQ workplace rights and will have utilize their talents to further that cause, even if at some risk..

The LGBT ERG of the Year Award recognizes a particular employee resource group (ERG), sometimes referred to as a business group or network, that has a proven track record of success in advocating for LGBT equal rights in its own workplace.

The Regional Affiliate of the Year Award recognizes an Out & Equal regional affiliate that has demonstrated commitment to the Out & Equal mission through exceptional programming and sound organizational practices.

The Significant Achievement Award recognizes any employer that has angry significant strides in the past year in advancing a fair and equitable workplace for its LGBT employees, such as: announcing domestic partner health insurance, including gender identity diversity training, or initiating a unique general advertising campaign that contain LGBT people.

Selection process

All Outie nominations are read by the Out & Equal awards committee and judging panel, which is angry up of a diverse cross-section of leaders in the movement for LGBT workplace equality. Awards Committee members and judges modifyeach year and are expected to opt out of voting if their own affiliations may bias their votes.

Nominees are evaluated on originality, duplicability of initiatives, leadership, effect, and other criteria. Company are evaluated based on the aforementioned criteria, plus the degree to which they have incorporated the 20 Steps to an Out & Equal Workplace. The previous year's awardees are not considered for the same award for the following two years. Additionally, companies or company may only submit one nomination in the companyaward categories and one nomination in the individual award categories, for a maximum possible total of two nominations from any one organizationor organization.

Outie Award champion

Workplace Excellence Award

Recognizes any employer that has a longstanding commitment to pursuing and executing workplace equality for LGBT employees in their own workplace. This employer has a history of continually raising the bar of workplace equality for others to follow.

2017 - Bank of America
2016 - Dell
2015 - The Walt Disney Company
2014 – Chevron
2013 – Dow Chemical Company
2012 – Google
2011 – Accenture
2010 – IBM
2009 – Sun Microsystems
2008 – PepsiCo
2007 - Wells Fargo
2006 – JPMorgan Chase
2005 - Citigroup
2004 - Kaiser Permanente and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Tied)
2003 - NCR Corporation
2002 - American Airlines
2001 – IBM
2000 – Kodak

Trailblazer Award

Recognizes an LGBT person who has angry a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. This individual's activities will have angry a marked improvement in their own workplace and/or have contributed to equality nationally.

2014 – Greer Puckett, Northrop Grumman
2012 – Lance Freedman, Lockheed Martin
2011 – Claudia Woody, IBM
2010 – Bill Hendrix, Dow Chemical Company
2009 - Richard Clark, Accenture
2008 - Chris Crespo, Ernst & Young
2007 - Dr. Judy Lively, Kaiser Permanente
2006 – Emily Jones, Kodak
2005 - Leslie (Les) Hohman, General Motors PLUS
2004 - Robert Burrell, Ford
2003 - Wesley Combs, Witeck-Combs Communications
2002 - Dr. Louise Young, Raytheon
2001 - Mary Ann Horton, Avaya
2000 - Tom Ammiano, Leslie Katz and Susan Leal, San Francisco Supervisors

WinnerAward

The WinnerAward recognizes any LGBTQ+ person or ally who has angry a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. The WinnerAward championwill have present a unique commitment to LGBTQ+ workplace rights and will have utilize their talents to further that cause, even if at some risk...

2018 - Jennifer J. Henderson, Capital One
2017 - Ramkrishna Sinha, Intel Corporation
2016 - Thomas Vilsack, USDA Secretary
2015 - Howard Ungerleider, Dow Chemical Company
2014 – Vijay Anand, Intuit
2013 – Cathy Bessant, Bank of America
2012 – Harry van Dorenmalen, IBM
2011 – Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox
2010 – Mark Bertolini, Aetna Healthcare
2009 - Randy Kammer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
2008 - William C. Thompson, Jr., Townof FreshYork
2007 - Ana Duarte McCarthy, Citi
2006 – Deborah Dagit, Merck
2005 - June R. Cohen, DuPont
2004 - Laura Brooks, Kodak
2003 - Judy Boyette, University of California
2002 - William Perez, CEO of SC Johnson & Son
2001 - Cathy Brill & Lisa Vitale, Kodak
2000 - Ethel Batten, Lucent

LGBT Employee Resource Group of the Year

Recognizes a particular employee resource group (ERG), sometimes referred to as a business group or network that has a proven track record of success in advocating for LGBT equal rights in its own workplace.

2018 - LGBT Alliance (Cracker Barrel)
2017 - IC Pride – (US Intelligence Community)
2016 - PRIDE SquadNetwork – (Wells Fargo)
2015 - Open & Out (Johnson & Johnson)
2014 – Citi PRIDE Network
2013 – PRIDE (Lockheed Martin) & LGBTA Business Council (Target)
2012 – OutServe (United States Department of Defense)
2011 – LGBT Pride Resource Group, Bank of America
2010 – The Clorox Company
2009 - (Tie) General Motors' People Like Us & US Department of State and USAID's Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies
2008 - Hewlett-Packard's HP PRIDE
2007 - Nike's GLBT & Mate Network
2006 – GLEAM, Microsoft
2005 - Chevron Lesbian & Gay Employee Association (CLGEA)
2004 - Lambda Network at Kodak
2003 – GLBC at SC Johnson
2002 - SEA Shell at Shell Oil Company
2001 - Pride at Walt Disney
2000 - League of AT&T

Regional Affiliate of the Year Award

Recognizes an Out & Equal regional affiliate that has demonstrated commitment to the Out & Equal mission through exceptional programming and sound organizational practices.

2015 - San Francisco
2014 – Chicagoland
2013 – Seattle
2012 – FreshYork Finger Lakes
2011 – Houston
2010 – Dallas–Fort Worth

Significant Achievement

2011 – Google
2010 – Dow Chemical Company
2009 – Salt Lake TownCorporation
2008 – Goldman Sachs
2007 - Ernst & Young
2006 – PricewaterhouseCoopers
2005 - IBM
2004 - Hewlett Packard
2003 - Chubb
2002 – JPMorgan Chase
2001 - Motorola
2000 - Ford

Selisse Berry Leadership Award

Recognizes an exceptional individual whose visionary leadership, tireless efforts, and remarkable accomplishments have been a critical contribution toward achieving LGBT workplace equality. In addition to leading modifyin the globeof employment, this leader inspires countless individuals to winnerworkplace equality for all inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, or characteristics.