XCEL AWARD HONOREES
2024
2023
2022
2019
2018
2017
2024
2024 XCEL HON0REES
ED GORDON
President
Ed Gordon Media
Steven Williams
Chief Executive Officer
PepsiCo Foods North America
R. Donahue Peebles
Chairman & CEO
The Peebles Corporation
D.L. Hughley
Actor, Comedian, & Author
The D.L. Hughley Show
2023
2023 XCEL HONOREES
ANTHONY ANDERSON
Emmy & Golden Globe Nominated Actor
Chris Womack
President & CEOSouthern Company
David Grain
CEOGrain Management L.L.C.
Shannon A. Brown
President & CEO, BCS Consulting Services; Retired SVP, Eastern Division U.S. Operations and Chief Diversity OfficerFedEx Express
2022
2022 XCEL HONOREES
BEN CRUMP
Cival Rights Attorny
ARNOLD W. DONALD
President & CEOCarnival Corporation & PLC
Kirk McDonald
CEOGroupM North America (NA)
Ray Robinson
ChairmanCitizens Banchares Corporation
Grant Hill
Owner, Vice Chairman of the BoardAtlanta Hawks
2019
2019 XCEL HONOREES
MARC H. MORIAL
President & CEO,National Urban League
REV. JESSE JACKSON
Founder,Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Jerome "The Bus" Bettis
Former NFL Player
Eddie Levert
Singer, Songwriter2018
2018 XCEL HONOREES
Kenneth Chenault
Chairman and Managing Director General Catalyst; Former Chairman & CEO,American Express Co
Tommie Smith
U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Bishop TD Jakes
Bishop, Potter’s House Ministries; CEO,TDJ Enterprises L.L.P. The Potter’s House of Dallas
2017
2017 XCEL HONOREES
Congressman John Lewis
Congressman, Civil Rights Leader
John W. Rogers Jr.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,Ariel Investments
Robert Townsend
Actor
Lonnie Bunch
Founding Director,Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture