Diversity Award
Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR
In 2007, the CPR National Task Force on Diversity in ADR created an Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR to recognize a person or organization who has contributed significantly to diversity in the alternative dispute resolution field.
Nominations are reviewed by a panel consisting of past winners, along with CPR’s Co-Chairs of the National Task Force on Diversity in ADR and CPR’s President & CEO.
Deadline for nominations: December 15, 2024
To submit a nomination: Please send a letter to CPR Senior Vice President Helena Tavares Erickson at herickson@cpradr.org detailing how the nominee has contributed significantly to diversity in the alternative dispute resolution field.
The 2024 award will be presented at the CPR 2025 Annual Meeting on February 6, 2025, in Miami.
CPR reserves the right to submit outstanding candidates that have not been nominated.
2023 Diversity Award Winner
Dr. Emilia Onyema, Professor at SOAS University of London and independent arbitrator, is the recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR award.
Previous Diversity Award Winners:
Benjamin Davis
Amanda Lee
REAL – Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers and its co-founders Dr. Crina Baltag; Dr. Kabir Duggal, Esq.; and Rekha Rangachari, Esq.
Gail J. Wright
Ambassador David Huebner (ret.)
Hon. Timothy Lewis (ret.)
Lucy Greenwood
Mirèze Philippe
Barry Leon
PD Villarreal
Louise Barrington
Laurel Pyke Malson
Marvin Johnson
CPR Institute
CPR's Diversity Commitment
