
Congratulations to our 2025 Finalists!
Winners will be announced during Transform 2025 at Wynn Las Vegas.
The Transform 10: Finalists
The Transform 10 recognizes the ten most inspirational executive leaders who are leading transformation across their areas of influence and moving the world of work forward. These are the people-centric, global changemakers challenging the status quo through business, venture, or entrepreneur leadership.

Terah Lawyer
President
CROP Organization

Coco Brown
Founder & CEO
The Athena Alliance

Keely Cat-Wells
Founder & CEO
Making Space

Mark Hyman
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Function Health

Sherry Rais
CEO
Enthea

Melanie Naranjo
Chief People Officer
Ethena

Sophia Harris
Founder & CEO
ODRG

Rocki Howard
Founder & Chief Diversiologist
Diversiology.io

Chandra Sanders
Founder
Heels N Hustle

Ioanna Mantzouridou Onasi
Co-Founder & CEO
Dextego

Donald Knight
Group SVP, People & Culture
Warner Bros. Discovery

Mira Brancu
CEO & Founder
Towerscope

Glyn Burleigh
Senior Director, L&D
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Amira Barger
EVP, Health Communications and DEI Advisory
Edelman

Stephanie Murphy
VP, People Experience
UnitedHealth Group

Apple Musni
CHRO
REI

Shannon Nash
Board Member
NetScout, SoFi

Joel Hellermark
Founder & CEO
Sana

Elana Brickner
Chief People Officer
Payoneer

Lynnette Heath
CHRO
nVent
Category Award Finalists
Celebrating the most innovative programs and inspiring initiatives that positively impact workplaces, team cultures, and communities for the better.
Difference Maker: Social Impact Initiative of the Year
Recognizes the company that exhibits passion for serving others, making a positive impact in the lives of their employees and local communities.





People Accelerator: L&D Program of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most forward-thinking approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.





Mission Messenger: Employer Brand of the Year
Recognizes the employer that’s making a name for itself among job seekers, employees, and the general public as being a simply great company to work for.





Power Pair: Executive Partnership of the Year
Celebrates the power of partnership to drive transformation. This pair exemplifies how strategic alignment between business and people operations drives positive outcomes for the business and its people.





Team Builder: Connected Culture of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most thoughtful and effective model for creating a thriving distributed workforce.





Inclusion Champion: DEI Initiative of the Year
Celebrates the company with the most impactful approach to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.





People Activator: Employee Experience of the Year
Goes to the company with the most exciting approach to building an incredible employee experience to attract, retain, and grow their people.





Team Magnet: Talent Strategy of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most exciting and exceptional approach to recruiting, onboarding, and growing both internal and external talent.





Rewards Trailblazer: Total Rewards Strategy of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most forward-thinking approach to total rewards that includes a compensation, equity, benefits, and perks package that reflects the true value they place in their people.





Wellness Advocate: Wellbeing Program of the Year
Recognizes the company with the most holistic approach to supporting individual and family mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.





Data Master: People Reporting & Insights of the Year
Recognizes the employer setting the bar for use of data, analytics, and insights to improve their people-strategy decision making.





Industry Mobilizer: Inspiring Resources of the Year
Recognizes the most inspiring and valued educational resource for the Transform community. A resource may be a blog, podcast, online community, email series, etc.





The Innovators: Transformative Tech of the Year
Recognizes the companies with the most transformative tech-enabled solutions and products impacting the way we work and live.






How were the nominations judged?
When will the winners be announced?
Winners will be announced in a community awards celebration at Transform 2025 on Tuesday, March 18th.
How are winners recognized?
We celebrate the winners onsite at Transform 2025 throughout the event, social media and more!
What are the Transform Awards?
Hear from past award winners and judges why the Transform Awards are so important, and the impact that recognition and celebration has on our community.
Can’t wait for Transform 2025?
Mark your calendar for March 17-19, 2025, at Wynn Las Vegas. Sign up to stay in the loop and we’ll let you know when registration opens.