4th Annual AdColors Awards, Hosted by Soledad O’Brien, a Huge Success

The fourth annual AdColors Awards, hosted by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, was a huge success. With over 800 in attendance at the fabulous Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Fla., AdColor Awards founder Tiffany R. Warren had much to be proud of with the growth of her vision in such a short time period. This year’s awardees are all outstanding leaders in the advertising world. In addition to the awardees and the elite of the advertising world, numerous other celebrities were in attendance including Dwyane Wade, Alonzo Mourning and MTV VJ Julissa Bermudez.

Queen Latifah received the All-Star Award. In addition to her Grammy Awards, Oscar nomination, successful Flavor Unit Entertainment, television and movie roles, she has represented Procter & Gamble as their CoverGirl longer than anyone other than supermodel Christie Brinkley. –randy fling

Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented by DIAGEO & American Advertising Federation to:

Roy Eaton, Former VP, Music Director, Benton & Bowles (retired)

Bill Lamar, Former CMO, McDonald’s (retired)

Douglass L. Alligood, SVP, Chairman, Diversity Council, BBDO New York

Legend Awards were presented by McDonald’s USA & Association of National Advertisers to:

Carmen Baez, President, Diversified Agency Services Latin America, Omnicom Group, Inc.

Vita Harris, Chief Strategy Officer, DraftFCB NY

Frank Cooper III, Chief Consumer Engagement Officer, PepsiCo

The One Club ADCOLOR Creative Award were presented by The One Club & Publicis USA to:

JD Michaels, SVP, Director of Creative Engineering and Production, BBDO NY

Danny Robinson, SVP, Creative Director, The Martin Agency

Change Agent Awards were presented by Microsoft Advertising & 4A’s to:

Greg D’Alba, EVP, Chief Operating Officer of Ad Sales and Marketing, CNN

Kim Hunter, Founder and Chairman, The LAGRANT Foundation

Sallie Mars, Director of Creative Services and Chief Diversity Officer, McCann Worldgroup

Innovator Awards were presented by Arnold to:

Coltrane Curtis, Founder and Creative Director, Team Epiphany

Kendra Hatcher King, EVP, Worldwide Director, Insight & Innovation, Initiative

Steve Stoute, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Translation

Rising Star Awards were presented by Google & The Advertising Club to:

Ronnie Dickerson, Associate Media Director,Interactive, Draftfcb Chicago

Tiffany Edwards, Education and Diversity Director, The One Club

Kwame Taylor-Hayford, VP, Senior SISOMO Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi