Commission Best-in-Class: Past Winners


The Commission's Best-in-Class Awards have been given since 2003.*  Past winners are:

2010:

  • Board Diversity: University Hospitals; FirstEnergy Corp.
  • Senior Management Diversity: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; KeyCorp
  • Workforce Diversity: Case Western Reserve University; US Bank
  • Supplier Diversity: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Turner Construction Co.

2009:

  • Board Diversity: Kaiser Permanente**; KeyCorp**
  • Senior Management Diversity: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; Eaton Corporation**
  • Workforce Diversity: The MetroHealth System; Time Warner Cable, Northeast Ohio**
  • Supplier Diversity: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Turner Construction Co.


2008:

  • Board Diversity: Kaiser Permanente; KeyCorp
  • Senior Management Diversity: Cuyahoga Community College; Eaton Corporation
  • Workforce Diversity: The MetroHealth System; Time Warner Cable, N.E. Ohio
  • Supplier Diversity: Cleveland Clinic; KeyCorp


2007

  • Board Diversity: Kaiser Permanente; KeyCorp
  • Senior Management Diversity: NASA Glenn; Eaton Corporation
  • Workforce Diversity: Cuyahoga Community College; Time Warner Cable, N.E. Ohio
  • Supplier Diversity: Kaiser Permanente; KeyCorp

2006

  • Board Diversity: Kaiser Permanente; ShoreBank
  • Senior Management Diversity: NASA Glenn; Fifth Third Bank, N.E. Ohio
  • Workforce Diversity: Cleveland State University; Time Warner Cable, N.E. Ohio
  • Supplier Diversity: Cleveland Clinic; Eaton Corporation

2005

  • Board Diversity: KeyCorp
  • Senior Management Diversity: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum
  • Workforce Diversity: Cleveland State University
  • Supplier Diversity: FirstEnergy Corp.

2004

  • Board Diversity: KeyCorp
  • Senior Mgmt. Diversity: Eaton Corporation
  • Workforce Diversity: Parker Hannifin Corp.
  • Supplier Diversity: Case Western Reserve University

2003

  • Board Diversity: National City Corp.
  • Senior Management Diversity: The Cleveland Foundation
  • Workforce Diversity: Cuyahoga Community College
  • Supplier Diversity: Eaton Corporation

*As of 2006, two winners have been selected in each category, one nonprofit/government and one for-profit Commission member.

**Companies or organizations that have won in the same category for at least three years have been named to the Commission's Hall of Fame and are no longer eligible for an annual award in that category.