Awards and Recognition

DiversityComm, Inc., (DCI) and its three diversity magazines conduct evaluations of the nation's employers to recognize outstanding organizations through the Best of the Best award series. The evaluations integrate findings by each magazine independently to identify "Best of the Best" in relation to outreach and accessibility to the female, Hispanic/Latino, and African-American population. American was recently recognized as one of the 2012 Best of the Best diversity employers.

For the fourth consecutive year, our AMR Diversity Advisory Council was recognized as one of the Top 25 Diversity Councils in the Country for 2012. The Diversity Council Honors Award recognizes the outstanding contributions and achievements of employee Diversity Advisory Council members who actively promote diversity and inclusion in their company.

DiversityMBA magazine names the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders with MBAs and advanced degrees. Among the 100 recognized, American Airlines is proud to have Jim Butler, Managing Director Corporate Planning, named as one of the Top Executive Leaders.

American is honored to have received the Award of Excellence for International Innovation in Diversity for 2012 sponsored by Profiles in Diversity Journal. This award specifically recognizes American for its Officers' Insight forums that allow senior company leaders to provide insight into the business.

American Airlines has been recognized as one of the Top 60 Best Companies by HispanicBusiness magazine for 2012. American was also recognized in this category for 2009, 2010 and 2011. Top corporations are analyzed for their efforts, and ranked based on 32 variables on diversity in recruitment and retention, governance, supplier development and philanthropy.

American Airlines has been recognized as one of the Top Companies for Diverse Managers and Women to Work by DiversityMBA magazine. American Airlines ranked number 11 out of the Best 50 Out Front Companies. The criteria for the 2012 50 Out Front Companies included implementation of intentional strategies based on accountability, succession planning, strong inclusion practices, ongoing evaluation of recruitment/retention activities, and board diversity. American also ranked as one of the Best 50 Out Front Companies for 2010 and 2011.

American Airlines received a 100 percent Corporate Equality Index rating from HRC, marking its tenth consecutive year of achieving a perfect score. American is honored to be one of only nine companies to achieve a perfect score on the CEI since the Index' inception in 2002. The Human Rights Campaign evaluates employers through the Corporate Equality Index annually and top companies are recognized in the Corporate Equality Index report. Employers with a rating of 100 percent are further recognized as "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality."

American Airlines has been named the Best Airline in the Dallas Voice, 2012 Readers Voice Awards, for the 7th consecutive year. AA.com/Rainbow was also named the Best Online Travel Site in the Readers Voice Awards.  Dallas Voice is the premier media source for LGBT Texas.

American Airlines employees, Sebrenda Clifton, Southeastern Reservations Office and Joseph Huggins, Flight Services Chicago O'Hare International Airport, were awarded the Earl G. Graves Award for Leadership to recognize their work in advancing diversity and inclusion within the company.

American Airlines received a 100 percent Corporate Equality Index rating from HRC, marking its ninth consecutive year of achieving a perfect score since the Index’ inception in 2002. The Human Rights Campaign evaluates employers through the Corporate Equality Index annually and top companies are recognized in the Corporate Equality Index report. Employers with a rating of 100 percent are further recognized as “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.”

2011 Diversity Leader Award – This award is given to organizations that share their stories with readers on a regular basis and offer profiles of their thought leaders. American Airlines is recognized as an organization that demonstrates its continued commitment toward diverse culture through its ongoing communications with Profiles in Diversity Journal.

For the third consecutive year, our AMR Diversity Advisory Council was recognized as one of the Top 25 Diversity Councils in the Country for 2011. The Diversity Council Honors Award recognizes the outstanding contributions and achievements of employee Diversity Advisory Council members who actively promote diversity and inclusion in their company.

Black Enterprise recognized Lauri Curtis, American Airlines Vice President of Diversity, Leadership and Engagement on their 2011 list of Top Leaders in Diversity. This group represents senior managers at the nation's 1,000 largest publicly traded corporations and 100 leading global corporations with U.S. operations who oversee and develop programs to include and advance African Americans and other ethnic minorities, women, the disabled and the LGBT (lesbian/ gay/bisexual/transgender) communities among the employee, senior management, corporate board and supplier ranks. These professionals view such efforts not as initiatives to communicate good corporate citizenship but as vital to expanding market share, building revenues and increasing the bottom line.

American Airlines placed at number 36 out of all the companies in the U.S. on the 18th Annual "Top 50 Employers" in Equal Opportunity Magazine. The readers of Equal Opportunity magazine select companies they believe actively recruit and hire minorities. Founded in 1968, Equal Opportunity was the first affirmative action recruitment publication in the U.S. and provides career guidance to African American, Hispanic, Native-American and Asian-American college students and professionals specializing in fields ranging from engineering to business to liberal arts.

American Airlines has been recognized as one of the Top Companies for Diverse Managers and Women to Work. American Airlines ranked number 28 out of the Best 50 Out Front Companies. The criteria for the 2011 50 Out Front Companies included implementation of intentional strategies based on accountability, strong inclusion practices, and ongoing evaluation of recruitment/retention activities. Diversity MBA magazine covers the minority recruiting niche and provides continuous research on the demographics of the workforce, the top industries, companies and leaders that are important to career talent seekers. American also ranked as one of the Best 50 Out Front Companies for 2010.

The American Airlines Legal Department received the inaugural Diversity Award of Excellence from the Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC) for 2011. CCWC is an international organization of women of color attorneys who work primarily for Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 companies. Founded in 2004, the CCWC's mission is to provide a support network to in-house women attorneys of color and to promote the national and international advancement of women of color in the legal profession and workplace.

The National BDPA, Black Data Processing Associates (www.bdpa.org), and WorkplaceDiversity.com (www.WorkplaceDiversity.com), announced Allstate Insurance, American Airlines, BlueCross BlueShield of IL, NM, OK, & TX , Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Northrop Grumman, State Farm Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores, WellPoint and Wells Fargo as the winners of the 2011 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology Award. The Top Companies for Blacks in Technology will receive the much coveted Epsilon Award. Epsilon Awards are presented annually to the top companies in the nation that promote a workplace and environment that supports the advancement of Blacks in the information technology industry. These companies were rated on their performance in the areas of tenure, promotions and terminations, career path programs, minority vendor programs, and community outreach. American also was named as a winner for 2010 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology Award.

American Airlines has been recognized as one of the Top 60 Best Companies by HispanicBusiness magazine for 2011. American was also recognized in this category for 2009 and 2010. Top corporations are analyzed for their efforts, and ranked based on 32 variables on diversity in recruitment and retention, governance, supplier development and philanthropy.

Peter Dolara, American Airlines Senior Vice President of Miami, Caribbean, and Latin America was recognized with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce "Sand In My Shoes" Award in 2011. This is the highest civic recognition in Greater Miami. The award is presented annually to an outstanding community leader who has made significant contributions to the South Florida region demonstrating their involvement, love and dedication to Miami as the best place in which to live and work.

The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) honored American Airlines as the Corporate Partner for 2011 for serving as a pioneer in fair-minded policies for LGBT employees and customers. IGLTA is the leading global organization dedicated to connecting businesses in the LGBT industry.

Lambda Legal, a national civil rights organization with a South Central Regional office located in Dallas, TX honored American Airlines with the Corporate Equality Award for 2011. Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization presented to American Airlines the 2011 Amplifier Award in the category of Outstanding Outdoor Campaign. The GLAAD Amplifier Awards elevate and promote individuals and projects in advertising and marketing industries for groundbreaking representations of the LGBT community. The Amplifier Awards also promote the work with corporate America on best practices for inclusion of LGBT people in the workplace.

AMR was named Corporation of the Year for 2011 by DFW Minority Supplier Development Council, Oklahoma Minority Supplier Development Council, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas and National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Sherri Macko, Manager of Supplier Diversity, was honored as Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year by DFW Minority Development Council and for the second time by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas.

American Airlines received the 2011 American Institute of Diversity and Commerce (AIDC) Circle of Honor Award. The AIDC is a non-profit entity that evaluates and recognizes corporations for successful efforts in supplier diversity, workplace diversity and corporate citizenship.

American Airlines employees, Lynette John-Finn, Southeastern Reservations Office, Mike Navarro, Miami Airport Services and Bruce Sickler, Southern Reservations Office, were awarded the Earl G. Graves Award for Leadership to recognize their work in advancing diversity and inclusion within the company.

The award was established in honor of Earl G. Graves, Sr., founder and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, who influenced many of American's diversity initiatives during his tenure on AMR's Board of Directors. Graves helped American establish its practical, business-minded approach to diversity and worked to demonstrate that American's diversity efforts are integral to its business goals. Graves served on AMR's Board of Directors for many years and chaired the AMR Board Diversity Committee from 2002 until his retirement in 2008.

American is honored to have received the Award of Excellence for International Innovation in Diversity. This award specifically recognizes the powerful contributions that our Employee Resource Groups provide to our company.

American Airlines was named among the 25 Noteworthy Companies for Diversity in DiversityInc magazine's 2010 rankings, adding to a growing list of accolades for American's industry-leading diversity initiatives. American and American Eagle were recognized for our 16 strong Employee Resource Groups and our CEO commitment.

American Airlines placed in the G.I. Jobs Top 100 Military Friendly Employers list for 2010. G.I. Jobs is a magazine dedicated to helping military veterans return to the workforce. It is not just patriotism that fuels corporate America's pursuit of the 400,000 service members who separate or retire from the military each year. The leadership, discipline, integrity and "can-do" attitude common to military veterans are exactly the qualities companies need to stay ahead of the competition in a slow economy. "This isn't about charity or patriotism. It's about good business," said Rich McCormack, publisher of G.I. Jobs. "The companies on our list understand that."

American Airlines ranked 29 on the 19th Annual “Top 50 Companies” in CAREERS & the disABLED magazine. The readers of CAREERS & the disABLED magazine selected the top companies in the country for which they would most prefer to work or believe to provide a positive work environment for people with disabilities. In the company of other notable employers such as Hewlett-Packard, Google, Johnson & Johnson, and Apple, Inc., the magazine named American in the "Top 50 Companies" list in the 2009/2010 winter edition.

DiversityMBAmagazine names the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders with MBAs and advanced degrees. Among the 100 recognized, American Airlines is proud to have two of those honorees including, Patricia Delgadillo, Managing Director Strategic Alliances and Steven Moo-Young, Director - Interactive Marketing Strategy.

American Airlines received the Elizabeth Birch Equality Award at the 29th Annual Black Tie Dinner. This award is given by discretion, no more than yearly, to an individual, organization or company that has made a significant contribution of national scope to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Black Tie Dinner, Inc. began in Dallas in 1982 to help support the Human Rights Campaign Fund. Black Tie Dinner, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender supportive organizations through a premier event of empowerment, education and entertainment in partnership with the community.

American Airlines was named to Latin Business magazine's Corporate Diversity Honor Roll for the second consecutive year. Latin Business magazine is a bimonthly trade publication serving the nation's Latino business community. The Corporate Diversity Honor Roll is named by the magazine annually and top companies are featured based on their minority retention and marketing initiatives, as well as substantial minority representation in their workforce.

American was recognized by the League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the oldest and largest Hispanic organization in the U.S., during their recent conference in San Juan. AA was recognized with the Presidential Award for its continued commitment to the Latino community.

American Airlines ranked 37 out of all the companies in the U.S. on the 2010 “Top 50 Employers” list published in Workforce Diversity for Engineering & IT Professionals magazine. The readers of Workforce Diversity for Engineering & IT Professionals magazine selected the top companies in the country for which they would most like to work or believe would provide a positive working environment for members of minority groups.

American Airlines was named as one the Universum Top 100 for 2010. Universum rankings are based on the 2010 Undergraduate Ideal Employers Survey and reflect the level of employer attractiveness that companies or organizations have on the recruitment market, and consequently the strength of the employer brand. The rankings were completed by 56,900 students, studying for degrees in Business, Engineering, IT, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Education and Natural Sciences, on 163,246 individual employer evaluations.