AT&T, CTS' Cara Turano among Finalists for TAG Diversity Award

April 26,2012

ATLANTA (April, 2012) – The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state’s leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia’s technology industry, today announced that Jennifer Jones, Vice President of Diversity Markets-AT&T Mobility & Home Solutions, was the recipient of this year’s TAG Diversity Leadership Award.

The four other finalists for the 2012 TAG Diversity Leadership Awards who were honored at the ceremony were:
Raleigh Burgess—BlueLeap Consulting
Michael Johnson—McKesson
Cara Turano—Computer Technology Solutions (CTS)
Cheryl Fridley- ShopVisible

Rita Izaguirre, Senior Vice President Diversity & HR Compliance for Sun Trust Banks, Inc. delivered an inspiring keynote address to the capacity room. “It was very challenging to select one person out of the five highly qualified finalists” stated Rebecca Hoke, Chair of TAG Diversity. “The board felt that all finalists showed passion, creativity, and commitment to ensuring that their companies succeeded by harvesting the best from diverse workforces” continued Ms. Hoke.

Thursday, April 19th marked the awarding of the second annual TAG Diversity Leadership Award. The award is presented to a person who demonstrate exceptional efforts leveraging diversity within their organization to drive growth, productivity, creativity, and morale. The focus is on managing creative, intellectual, cultural, ethnic, generational, gender & lifestyle diversity to achieve positive outcomes in businesses and the community.