Studies show that organizations committed to welcoming and belonging are more innovative, more creative, and more profitable.
The KC Chamber celebrates the POWER of Diversity with this annual event honoring individuals, nonprofits, and businesses that are moving the needle on diversity efforts in the Kansas City region.
The POWER of Diversity celebration includes the ACE Awards – given to a mid-level management employee committed to diversity in the workplace and in the community. The Champion of Diversity Award is given each year to organizations that have made an impactful commitment to embracing diversity in their workplace, diversity supplier partnerships, and in the community.
Highlights of the POWER of Diversity Breakfast include the presentation of ACE Awards to up-and-coming senior level managers who are advocating for expansion of their company’s D&I and/or supplier diversity efforts. The 2025 ACE Awards went to Joseph Hines II, The University of Kansas Cancer Center; Goldie Owoo-Battlet, i.c.stars; and Jorge Soberón-Hernández, Arvest Bank.
Each year at the POWER of Diversity Breakfast, the KC Chamber presents the Champion of Diversity Award, recognizing a regional business that has made an impactful commitment to embrace diversity in their workplace, diversity supplier partnerships, and the community. This Champion of Diversity business will be able to demonstrate their organizational practices are inclusive of all people. The 2025 Champion of Diversity is reStart, Inc.