Diversity Award

2In 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 2025 nominations:  December 12, 2025

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.

CPR reserves the right to submit outstanding candidates that have not been nominated.

2024 Diversity Award Winner

The 2024 award was presented at the CPR 2025 Annual Meeting on February 6, 2025, in Miami.

Read Press Release Announcing 2024 Winner

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Previous Diversity Award Winners:

Dr. Emilia Onyema

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