We're pleased to announce that — in conjunction with Insights Association and with support from Echo-MR — our 2020 MRX Diversity Champion Award submission cycle has closed and we now have a short list of change makers to celebrate! The individuals below have been nominated by friends and colleagues who see the incredible contributions being made by each nominee; to read more about why they were nominated, see our Twitter announcement.

• Aaron Reid    
• Aarti Tripathi    
• AJ Lipford    
• Alexis Lopez    
• Angela Houghton    
• Damon Jones    
• Ella Fryer- Smith    
• Giselle Washington    
• Jamin Brazil    
• Jessica Broome    
• Kim Ruyten    
• Laarni Paras    
• Mariana Anguiano    
• Mario X. Carrasco    
• Mary Ann Beach    
• Megan Springmeyer    
• Michael Brown
• Michel Bequer    
• Natasha Varn-Davis    
• Rebecca Vega    
• Roben Allong    
• Shannon Danzy    
• Shanon Adams    
• Tiama Hanson-Drury

We'll be announcing the winners of this years award at CRC in October — register for that online conference here. A BIG thank you to all who nominated and to the nominees themselves for endeavoring to make such a huge impact on the future of Market Research!