{"id":402170,"date":"2020-12-17T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=402170"},"modified":"2020-12-17T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:27:23","slug":"illinois-american-waters-rhonda-carter-adams-wins-statewide-award-for-excellence-in-inclusion-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/illinois-american-waters-rhonda-carter-adams-wins-statewide-award-for-excellence-in-inclusion-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity<\/b><\/p>\n<p>BELLEVILLE, Ill.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nRhonda Carter Adams,<b \/>Workforce and Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Illinois American Water, has been recognized with a statewide award for her contributions to diversifying business in Illinois.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Dec. 1, Adams received the <b><i>Jerry Garland Award for Excellence in Supplier Diversity<\/i><\/b> from the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC). The award originated in 2019 and is named in memory of former Illinois American Water Supplier Diversity Manager <b>Jerry Garland<\/b>. It is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates exceptional results in advancing the practice of inclusion and diversity. The award was announced at the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC) annual Networking and Awards event virtually.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAdams\u2019 role on the IUBDC has included support and leadership of the council\u2019s Advisory &amp; Strategic Planning Committee, Education and Best Practices Committee, Events Committee, and Communications Committee. At Illinois American Water, she has been active in the NAACP-East St. Louis Chapter and has been involved in education and mentoring efforts at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation Youth Center in East St. Louis. She is also a board member of the Illinois Division of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer nomination read, in part: \u201c<i>Rhonda exemplifies the passion, professionalism, and knowledge that Jerry (Garland) once shared with Illinois American Water and the IUBDC\u2026 Jerry would be proud of his successor and that she has continued to expand his mission to ensure that diversity is a shared value and that minority contractors and businesses are treated fairly and represented at Illinois utilities.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\nThe mission of the IUBDC is to serve the member Illinois utilities as a forum for best practice and information exchanging with a focus on advancing the growth and utilization of utility-based diverse businesses in the state of Illinois. IUBDC members include Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas, Illinois American Water and Peoples Gas.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About Illinois American Water<\/b> &#8211; Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and\/or wastewater services to approximately 1.3 million people. American Water also operates a customer service center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in Belleville.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWith a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to 15 million people in 46 states. 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On Dec. 1, Adams received the Jerry Garland Award for Excellence in Supplier Diversity from the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC). The award originated in 2019 and is named in memory of former Illinois American Water Supplier Diversity Manager Jerry Garland. It is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates exceptional results in advancing the practice of inclusion and diversity. The award was announced at the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC) annual Networking and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/illinois-american-waters-rhonda-carter-adams-wins-statewide-award-for-excellence-in-inclusion-diversity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/illinois-american-waters-rhonda-carter-adams-wins-statewide-award-for-excellence-in-inclusion-diversity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illinois American Water\u2019s Rhonda Carter Adams Wins Statewide Award for Excellence in Inclusion &amp; Diversity BELLEVILLE, Ill.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Rhonda Carter Adams,Workforce and Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Illinois American Water, has been recognized with a statewide award for her contributions to diversifying business in Illinois. 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