Diverse Champions
Dr. Karen A. Stout is this year’s Diverse Champions Award. Stout is president and CEO of Achieving the Dream (ATD). Click here to learn more

The Diverse Champions Award recognizes higher education leaders who have shown unwavering commitment to equal opportunity and access for all, particularly at the community college level.
The award was created by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in 2012 upon the retirement of the inaugural Diverse Champions Award winner, Dr. John E. Roueche, as director of the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) at the University of Texas at Austin. Of the more than 500 CCLP graduates produced during his 40-plus year tenure at CCLP, more than 60% are women and people of color.
The award is given to individuals who have made similarly extraordinary contributions to the world of higher education.