Thought Leadership Awards
These are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze, Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 2025 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 23rd ABA awards banquet in New York on Tuesday, June 10. Learn more.
Achievement in Thought Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Kestra Holdings, Austin, Texas, United States: Tying Pop Culture to Investment Strategies with Kestra & Kara Murphy
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Athena, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Robert Hayes
Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, New York, New York, United States: Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence
Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Solutions, New York, United States: Transforming Nursing Leadership Engagement: Lippincott’s Shift to Thought Leadership
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Help at Home, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Help at Home's Thought Leadership
Prescryptive Health, Redmond, Washington, United States: Prescryptive's Achievements in Thought Leadership
ServiceNow, Santa Clara, California, United States: ServiceNow's Philosophy on Access
Thought Leader of The Year - Association, Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, Newtown, Connecticut, United States: Jennifer Hubbard, President of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Buy From A Black Woman, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Nikki Porcher
Challenge Unlimited, Alton, Illinois, United States: Charlotte Hammond, President and CEO
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States: Fardin Quazi - BPaaS Model for Government Healthcare Solution - Medicare & Medicaid
Corn Refiners Association, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: John Bode, CEO
Department of Labor Office of the Chief Information Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Mangala Kuppa, Chief AI Officer
Global Thought Leadership Institute, Houston, Texas, United States: Cindy Anderson & Anthony Marshall
Heed Public Relations, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States: Shannon Burger
Intersect Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States: John Atkinson
Juvie for STEM (JSTEM), Norwood, New Jersey, United States: JSTEM: Empowering Youth Through STEM Innovation in Detention
Natural Cure Labs, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States: Damon Sununtnasuk
The Stories and Wisdom Company, Seattle, Washington, United States: Pradeep U.N.
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Peak Performers, Austin, Texas, United States: Nonprofit Thought Leadership: Achieving Transformative Business and Social Impact
Tirumala Rao Chimpiri, Centereach, New York, United States: Tirumala Rao Chimpiri
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Aha! Labs, Menlo Park, California, United States: Brian de Haaff, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Digit7, Richardson, Texas, United States: Chithrai Mani
QuickAds, Dallas, Texas, United States: Nitin Mahajan, Founder & CEO, QuickAds.ai
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Innovation Minds, fremont, California, United States: Sezhiyan Balasubramaniam, Founder and CEO
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Pacific Gas and Electric, Oakland, California, United States: Anirudh Khanna, PG&E Thought Leader in Cybersecurity
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Athena, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Robert Hayes
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Dean Newton
Incedo Inc., Florham Park, New Jersey, United States: Nitin Seth Co-Founder and CEO
Vixio, London, United Kingdom: James Kilsby
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
AWS Energy & Utilities, San Jose, California, United States: Shankar Narayanan
Boost Strategy Group LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Jackie P. Taylor
Development Theory, LLC, Tower, Minnesota, United States: Miranda Kishel
Kadena, New York, New York, United States: Annelise Osborne, Author and CBO
Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Kampgrounds of America, Inc., Billings, Montana, United States: Driving Innovation and Transformation: Toby O'Rourke’s Thought Leadership in the Outdoor Hospitality Industry
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
OneAmerica Financial, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States: OneAmerica Financial 2024 Caregiver Study
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions, Houston, Texas, United States: Vertical markets campaign drives new interest with tailored messaging
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
BMO Financial Group, Chicago, Illinois, United States: See Further 2024
Lightcast, Moscow, Idaho, United States: The Rising Storm: Building a Future-Ready Workforce to Withstand the Looming Labor Shortage
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
BMO Financial Group, Chicago, Illinois, United States: 20th Anniversary of Equity Through Education
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Encouraging Kansans to Visit the Dentist
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Philip Morris International, Stamford, Connecticut, United States: Serving Those Who Served