Chicago United’s Bridge Awards Celebration is Chicago’s premier event celebrating excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion in business.
Our 2024 theme:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion = IMPACT
Highlighting the celebration is the presentation of Chicago United’s Bridge Award, honoring a company that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in achieving diversity, equity and inclusion, especially at the board and highest executive levels within their organization. This award brings visibility to those who have led change and inspired others to follow, fostering multiracial leadership in business.
Even more, we present the 2024 BLC President’s Award, a biennial award recognizing an individual Chicago United Business Leader of Color, as well as the 2024 CU Impact Award, presented to a Small to Mid-sized Chicago United Member Company or Minority Business Enterprise that has shown progress around inclusion in their ranks and community.
2024 Award Recipients
Bridge Award
CU Impact Award
Nacional Group, LLC
Brian Ortiz
Founder and CEO
BLC President’s Award
Wendell Dallas
President and CEO
Nicor Gas
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Thanks To Our Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Chairman's Circle
Advocates for Change
Corporate Citizens for Change
Leaders for Change
Baxter
Cabrera Capital Markets
Clarity Partners
Comcast
Deloitte LLP
EY (Ernst & Young LLP)
FARO Advisory
The Goode Family
Goodwill Greater Milwaukee & Chicago
GCM Grosvenor
Grant Austin, LLC
Tiffany and Derrick Johnson
Kraft Heinz
Nacional Group LLC & RK Management Consultants, Inc.
Mesirow
Old National Bank
Prado & Renteria CPAs Prof. Corp.
SDI Presence LLC
Shapiro+Raj
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Spencer Stuart
UChicago Medicine
University of Chicago Office of Business Diversity
University of Illinois Chicago
Walgreens
Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC
Reception Sponsor
Media Sponsor
