These are the Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 2026 American Business Awards®. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 250 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process. Learn about the judging and awards process here. Winners will be celebrated at the 24th ABA awards banquet in New York on Tuesday, June 9.

Achievement in Thought Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Lee Andrews Group, Los Angeles, California, United States: Stephanie Graves — Champion of Community-Centered Public Safety Innovation
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Accenture, Accenture Research division, New York, New York, United States: Accenture Research Thought Leadership Achievement: Empowering Leaders to Realize Value from Generative and Agentic AI
LQ™ Listening Intelligence, Rancho Cordova, California, United States: Katie McCleary
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Collaborative Co-Parent, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Collaborative Co-Parenting: Leading the Global Movement for Emotionally Intelligent Conflict Resolution
Cox Enterprises, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: From Insight into Impact: Preparing Leaders for a Changing World
DataPath, Inc., Little Rock, Arizona, United States: DataPath, Inc. - Thought Leaders in Financial Services & Benefits Administration
Global Touch Inc., El Cerrito, California, United States: Global Touch Inc.
IMAGE Studios, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Leading the Future of Entrepreneurship in Beauty & Wellness
INFUSE, Boca Raton, Florida, United States: INFUSE Outlook 2026 Hub: Powered by Voice of The Buyer And Voice of The Marketer Research
Lawyer.com, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States: Lawyer Growth Summit 2024/2025 - Thought Leadership Achievement
Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, New York, New York, United States: Achievement in Thought Leadership

Thought Leader of The Year - Association, Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Should We Acquire, Dallas, Texas, United States: Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Founder
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, Newtown, Connecticut, United States: Jennifer Hubbard, President
Elite College Hacker, Austin, Texas, United States: Anthony Berryhill, Founder
End Well, San Francisco, California, United States: Tracy Wheeler, Executive Director
The Stories and Wisdom Company®, Issaquah, Washington, United States: Pradeep U.N., CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Abundant Living Consulting Corp, Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States: Dr. Erika McCormick, CEO, Co-Founder and President
Black Men's Health Clinic, AUSTIN, Texas, United States: Larry Wallace Sr., Founder and CEO
Corn Refiners Association, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: John Bode, President & CEO
Natural Cure Labs, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States: Damon Sununtnasuk, Product Developer
Peak Performers, Austin, Texas, United States: James Lucier, Chief Growth Officer
Remarkably Resilient, Inc., Shawnee, Kansas, United States: Kathleen McKune and Karen Dickson
SHRM, Alexandria, Virginia, United States: The Global Authority on Labor and Workforce Research
VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, United States: Arielle Rose, Director of Talent Management & Organizational Development

Thought Leader of The Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Bigwise Corp, Miami, Florida, United States of America: Adriana Rivas, Chief Biwitech Development Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Heather DeMartini, Global Partner Enablement Lead

Thought Leader of The Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
A-One Janitorial LLC, NEWPORT BEACH, California, United States: Ken Alston, Founder & President
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
On Call COO, Petaluma, California, United States: Melissa Franks, Founder
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Blindish Latina LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States: Catarina Rivera, Founder
ExxonMobil, Spring, Texas, United States: Werner van Rossum, Senior Finance and Business Transformation Leader
Global Touch Inc., El Cerrito, California, United States: Denise Sangster, CEO
Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Heather DeMartini, Global Partner Enablement Lead
Tech Mahindra, Frisco, Texas, United States: Roshan Shetty, BFSI & Public Services Head – Americas
Verge Therapy, Milton, Massachusetts, United States: Chelsey O’Donnell, Founder and CEO

Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Rohrman Automotive Group, Lafayette, Indiana, United States: Ryan Rohrman, Founder

Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
VEON Ltd, New York, New York, United States: Augie K. Fabela II, Founder and Chairman
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Public Partnerships LLC, Latham, New York, United States: Setting a New Standard for Consumer-Directed Care

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Association, Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
1871, Chicago, Illinois, United States: BMO Financial Group & 1871 Collaborate to Build WMNfintech

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, Houston, Texas, United States: The strategy imperative: Empowering legal teams at a critical crossroads

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
A-One Janitorial LLC, NEWPORT BEACH, California, United States: The Seven-Second Forward™ — A 17.48-Sigma Breakthrough in B2B Executive Engagement
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Global Touch Inc., El Cerrito, California, United States: Global Touch Inc.
IBM, Armonk, New York, United States: AI Spark: Building a Global Culture of Enterprise AI Innovation

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Consumer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Manulife John Hancock Retirement, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: 2025 Financial resilience and longevity campaign