Asia Society Recognizes Winners of 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards
Representatives from Discover Sara Breyfogle and Sugandhi Iyer accept the award for Overall Best Employer for Asian Pacific Americans at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from AT&T including Warner Media/HBO executive Meeka Bondy accept the award for Best Company Marketing to APA Consumers and Investors at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from BNY Mellon, including Kathleen Wishashan, accept the award for Best Employer for Promoting APA Women at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from Buzzfeed, including Dao Nguyen, accept the award for Best Employer for Promoting APAs into Leadership Positions at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from Chevron, including Jirong Xiao, accept the award for Best APA Employee Resource Groups at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Silvia Velasquez Casado accepts the award on behalf of Goldman Sachs for Best Employer for LGBT Asian Employees at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from KPMG, including Manolet Dayrit, accept the award for best Employer for Sponsorship and Development of Workforce Skills for APAs at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representatives from BNY Mellon, including Kathleen Wishashan, accept the award for Best Employer for Promoting APA Women at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Warner Media/HBO executive Meeka Bondy accepts the award for Best Company Marketing to APA Consumers and Investors at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Silvia Velasquez Casado accepts the award on behalf of Goldman Sachs for Best Employer for LGBT Asian Employees at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Chevron accepts the award for Best APA Employee Resource Groups at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Representing KPMG, Manolet Dayrit, applauds awardees at the 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards Dinner at Asia Society New York on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Tom Nagorski, Executive Vice President of Asia Society, emcees the Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards, part of the Diversity & Marketing Leadership Summit on May 15, 2019. (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
Awardees take home Asia Society's Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards on May 15, 2019 in New York (Asia Society/Shahar Azran)
For their efforts in promoting and developing Asian Pacific American (APA) talent, Asia Society has named Discover Financial Services, Inc. the Overall Best Employer in the 2019 edition of the Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards. For their "distinguished performance" in the field, the awards also recognize independent digital media company BuzzFeed and professional services firm KPMG LLP.
The full list of winners:
Overall Best Employer for Asian Pacific Americans
Winner: Discover
Distinguished Performance: BuzzFeed, KPMG
Best Employers:
Best Employer for Sponsorship and Development of Workforce Skills for APAs
Winner: KPMG
Distinguished Performance: Chevron, Discover
Best Employer for Promoting APAs into Leadership Positions
Winner: BuzzFeed
Distinguished Performance: Colgate-Palmolive, Credit Suisse
Best APA Employee Resource Groups
Winner: Chevron
Distinguished Performance: Cigna, Grant Thornton
Best Company Marketing to APA Consumers and Investors
Winner: AT&T
Distinguished Performance: PepsiCo, PG&E
Best Employer for Promoting APA Women
Winner: BNY Mellon
Distinguished Performance: Credit Suisse, Marriott
Best Employer for LGBT Asian Employees
Winner: Goldman Sachs
Distinguished Performance: Marriott, BNY Mellon
Most Innovative Practice Citations:
Recruitment and Selection
Grant Thornton (Best of the Best); BuzzFeed; KPMG; Goldman Sachs
Retention
KPMG (Best of the Best); Goldman Sachs
Employee Growth & Advancement
Goldman Sachs (Best of the Best); KPMG
Profit & Loss Leadership Development
Chevron (Best of the Best); Boston Scientific
APA Employee Resource Groups
KPMG (Best of the Best); Discover
Marketing to APA Consumers & Investors
AT&T, PepsiCo (tied—Best of the Best); Marriott; PG&E
Promoting APA Women
Medtronic (Best of the Best); AT&T
LGBT Asian Employees
Grant Thornton (Best of the Best); Discover; BNY Mellon
