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Chief Learning Officer Announces 2018 Learning In Practice Award Finalists

Chief Learning Officer has revealed the 2018 Learning In Practice Award finalists.

by Ashley St. John

August 1, 2018

Chief Learning Officer has revealed the 2018 Learning In Practice Award finalists. The LIP awards were established in 2003 to recognize learning leaders who have demonstrated excellence in the design and delivery of employee development programs.

Finalists are listed alphabetically by category below. Gold, silver or bronze award rankings will be announced during a special awards reception on Tuesday, October 2, at the CLO Symposium Fall 2018 in Houston.

Congratulations to the finalists!

PRACTITIONER AWARDS

THE BUSINESS IMPACT AWARD

Division 1 (for organizations with more than 10,000 employees):

Chris Bower, Global Director, GM Center of Learning, General Motors
Chris Hall, Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Brenda Sugrue, Global Chief Learning Officer, EY

Division 2 (for organizations with less than 10,000 employees):

Elizabeth Collins-Calder, Director, Leadership Development, Suffolk
James Mitchell, Vice President, Global Talent Management, Rackspace
Parimal Rathod, Senior Vice President & Head, Business Impact Group and Learning & Development, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited

THE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Division 1:

Bank of New York Mellon
C3 | CustomerContactChannels, Inc.
Dell EMC
General Motors

Division 2:

Alamo Colleges
E. & J. Gallo Winery
Sidley Austin LLP

THE INNOVATION AWARD

Division 1:

Blaire Bhojwani, Senior Director, Learning Innovation, Hilton
Mariam Kakkar, Chief, Talent Development Unit, United Nations Development Programme
Elizabeth MacGillivray, Strategic Learning Leader, Mercer

Division 2:

Mike Blanchette, Senior Director, Sales Acceleration, Veeam
Meriya Dyble, Director, Learning Reimagined, ATB Financial
Joe Ilvento, Chief Learning Officer, Commvault
Nancy Robert, Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Marketing Officer, American Nurses Association

THE STRATEGY AWARD

Division 1:

Alanna Corrigan, Senior Director, Customer Service Training Design & Transformation, Air Canada
Laurie Jeppesen, Global Assurance Learning & Education Leader, PwC
Damodar Padhi, Vice President and Global Head, Talent Development, Tata Consultancy Services

Division 2:

Lisa Druet, Senior Manager, E. & J. Gallo Winery
Scott Hammond, Senior Manager of Industry Programs, Autodesk
Kathleen McCutcheon, Vice President, Human Resources, Tokio Marine HCC

THE TALENT MANAGEMENT AWARD

Division 1:

Judith Almendra, Vice President, Human Capital, TTEC
Meredith Oakes, Global Head of Campus Strategy & Pipeline Development, BNY Mellon
Natasa Prodanovic, Group Talent Director, Coca-Cola HBC AG

Division 2:

Kathleen McCutcheon, Vice President, Human Resources, Tokio Marine HCC
Helen Rossiter, Senior Talent Development Specialist, West Marine
Jim Whiteford, Executive Director, Ally

THE TECHNOLOGY AWARD

Division 1:

Edward Bell, Director, Dell EMC Education Services
John Kusi-Mensah, AVP, Distribution Capability Center of Expertise, MetLife
Paul Lutmer, Global Commercial Learning Leader, GE Corporate

Division 2:

Brent Boeckman, Global Learning and Development Manager, Malwarebytes
Walter Davis, Global Learning Systems & Delivery Manager, Aggreko

THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Division 1:

Patricia Aquaro, Managing Director and Head of Risk and Professional Excellence, BNY Mellon
Charles Atkins, Vice President, Dell EMC Education Services
David Sylvester, Global Director, Learning & Development, Booz Allen Hamilton

Division 2:

Ross McLean, Global Program Manager, Veeam
Anil Santhapuri, Director, Learning and Development, Altisource
Tim Tobin, Vice President, Franchisee Onboarding and Learning, Choice Hotels International

PROVIDER AWARDS

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS AWARD