2021 Humanitarian Award Honorees
Craig Arnold
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Eaton
Andrew Berry
Executive Vice President of
Football Operations and
General Manager, Cleveland Browns
And the Cleveland Browns Organization
Humanitarian Award Celebration 2020
Honoring: Sally Gries
If you missed our virtual Pre-show and Celebration, watch them below.
Click here to watch the Pre-Show
Click here to watch the Celebration
Thank You for Being Part of our
67th Annual Humanitarian Award Virtual Celebration
Thank you for joining us as we paid tribute to Craig Arnold, Andrew Berry, and the Cleveland Browns Organization at our 67th Annual Humanitarian Award Celebration. We also were proud to present our Education Awards and the PwC Outstanding LeadDIVERSITY Alumni Award. If you missed our virtual Celebration, watch it here.
Special thanks to our generous sponsors, which are highlighted in our Celebration video and Tribute Book.
The Diversity Center’s mission is to make Northeast Ohio a just, diverse, and inclusive community for all. We hope our event has inspired you and given you hope that we can succeed.
The premiere of our powerful new video by Goldfarb Weber Creative Media was a highlight of the evening. Watch it again here and please share it with others who may not know about our work.
As always, we are deeply grateful for your generous financial support, especially for our Fund A Need drive that supports School & Youth programs. Your gifts are helping a new generation of students and future leaders embrace their differences and become change agents for inclusion and diversity.
We believe diversity makes us stronger. Now more than ever, we are committed to making Northeast Ohio a diverse and inclusive place where all people are connected, respected, and valued.
- Our 2021 Humanitarian Award honorees: Craig Arnold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eaton, Andrew Berry, Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, the Cleveland Browns, and the Cleveland Browns Organization.
- Our honorary event co-chairs: Christopher M. Connor, Retired Chairman & CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Company, William Lacey, President & CEO, GE Lighting, a Savant company, and Dee and Jimmy Haslam, Haslam Sports, Owners, Cleveland Browns.
- Our event Board co-chairs: Tracie M. Longpre, Vice President-Supply Chain, Applied Industrial Technologies, and Robert E. Soroka, Sr. Vice President, Retail Executive, Fifth Third Bank, both members of The Diversity Center Board of Directors.
- Our generous sponsors
2021 Humanitarian Award Recipients
Leadership Champions
Inclusion Champions
Diversity Champion

Community Builders
LeadDIVERSITY Outstanding Alumni Award


Equality Advocates
Unity Partners
Applied Industrial Technologies
Baker Hosteler
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Cerity Partners
Cleveland-Cliffs
Cleveland State University
Connor Foundation
Dominion Energy
Eaton
Ernst & Young
Fifth Third Bank
First Federal Lakewood
Frantz Ward LLP
Humana
KJK
Terri and Stuart Kline
Lincoln Electric
Littler Mendelson
Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC
McDonald Hopkins LLC