2009 Robertson Award Bari Evans of Wells Fargo with Acting Vice Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Christine Griffin

ORC Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity Champions

ORC Worldwide is pleased to announce the 2009 winners of the ORC Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity Champions, Fiona Bartels-Ellis OBE of The British Council and Bari Evans of Wells Fargo & Company.

Fiona Bartels-Ellis OBE is head of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the British Council, the UK’s principle cultural relations organization where, for more than a decade, she influences workforce and operational practices in the 111 countries in which the company operates. Managing a dedicated team—the Diversity Unit—she sets the strategic direction of the organization around equal opportunities and diversity, and leads the development and strengthening of its Equal Opportunity Policy and Diversity Strategy.

Bari Evans is vice president and company-wide manager of Affirmative Action and EEO Compliance for Wells Fargo & Company. He is responsible for the overall management of corporate AA/EEO compliance and affirmative action programs. Currently, he is serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Center for Corporate Equality, which is devoted to harnessing the synergies between human resource functions and promoting affirmative action and equal employment regulatory compliance.

The ORC Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity Champions ceremony on May 5 will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Washington, D.C. and a celebration will be held on June 24 at Ernst & Young, More London Place in London SE1.

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Peter Clendenin Robertson

Peter Clendenin Robertson, for whom this award is named, was a pioneer in equal employment and workforce diversity. Before his death in 1997, he chaired ORC’s Equal Opportunity Group, which was founded in 1962 to help employers understand and implement new government mandates for equal employment opportunity and developed into a premier resource for diversity managers. During his 12 year tenure with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, he played a key role in preparing the Uniform Selection Guidelines that still regulate how employers test and select employees, as well as guidelines on affirmative action, sex/pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Robertson was a trusted advisor to equality officials in the Canadian government, and was instrumental in starting networks for corporate equality and diversity professionals in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Previous Winner

In 2008, Frank Quevedo, vice president of Equal Opportunity for Southern California Edison, was chosen for the ORC Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity Champions.