Corporate Diversity Leadership Awards

The Corporate Diversity Leadership (CDL) Awards, hosted by the Diversity Task Force, are designed to bring attention to your company's powerful diversity programs and initiatives and offer you the opportunity to receive the recognition you deserve.

Past Winners

2006

Indymac Bank - Best Overall Corporate Diversity Program

Indymac's diversity program has been integrated into the fabric of the company culture through the implementation of eight components that include a steadfast corporate-wide support for diversity as a core value. Indymac's diversity initiative has been embraced by its culture of meritocracy, where individuals and teams are evaluated and rewarded based solely on their performance. As a result of this program's success, Indymac's workforce is considerably diverse in the aggregate, as well as in the management and senior management ranks.

Lori Jones Gibbs of Genworth Financial - Diversity Champion of the Year

Lori Jones Gibbs has been the driving force behind Genworth's involvement in the annual Mortgage Lending Industry Diversity Conference series, which Genworth launched in partnership with Compliance Technologies in 2005. Ms. Gibbs also created an innovative partnership between Genworth Financial and Delta Sigma Theta, the nation's largest African-American sorority, to increase African-American homeownership through ongoing nationwide educational efforts. She is also the co-chair of North Carolina's Triangle United Way African-American Leadership Initiative, a group that brings fundraising, volunteers, businesses, and communities together to focus on key community concerns.

2005

Indy Mac Bank - Best Overall Corporate Diversity Program: National

Indy Mac's Diversity Program has eight essential components that include a steadfast corporate-wide support for diversity as a core value. Employees have recognized the importance of and embraced the diversity initiative. In fact, diversity received the second highest favorability rating among the company's ten corporate values – a testament to the strength of Indy Mac's program.

Irwin Mortgage - Best Overall Corporate Diversity Program: National

Led by their Diversity Advisory Council and Vice President of Diversity, Irwin Mortgage's diversity program helps employees value the diversity of others, evaluate their own cultures, become conscious of the dynamics of cultural interactions, institutionalize their cultural knowledge, and use this knowledge to improve service to their customers.

Financial Dimensions, Inc. - Best Overall Corporate Diversity Program: Regional

Through their Regional Diversity Outreach Initiative, Financial Dimensions, Inc., has created an interdisciplinary collaboration with diversity, housing, and academic partners benefiting the organization, the region, and the industry. This initiative is made up of several key elements: mentoring and coalition building; activation, educational, and mobilization programs; advocacy for business access, educational forums, workshops and mentoring; affordable housing; and workshops and seminars.

Elmer Davis, Jr. of Financial Dimensions, Inc (FDI) - Diversity Champion of the Year

Elmer Davis, Jr. has been in the mortgage industry for over 22 years. He developed the Regional Diversity Outreach Initiative when he joined FDI in 2004. Under his direction, FDI has achieved its goal of attracting and retaining a workforce made up of 13-15 percent diverse employees, including a diverse executive committee. His vision toward advancing economic parity and diverse representation extends to the entire region.