Valiente
Awards
Recognizing courageous marketers who have disrupted the status quo and embraced the role of the modern marketer.


Recognizing Bold Marketers
The Valiente Awards recognize marketers who have disrupted the status quo and who embrace the role of the modern marketer.
Nominations from our advisory panel showcase marketing change agents who have shown courage, ingenuity and spirit in delivering remarkable results for their organizations.
Bold Categories for Bold Marketers
Finalists are evaluated in these five categories:

INSPIRE
to build authentic brands with a sense of purpose

BE BOLD
to disrupt the status quo and break out of the sea of sameness

Take a Stand
to be a positive contributor to challenging societal issues

Disrupt
to change a category in innovative ways

TRANSFORM
to build organizational capabilities to become modern marketers
Meet Our Judges
Meet our all-star panel of returning and new judges who selected the 2021 Valiente Awards honorees.

Sheryl Pattek
VP, CMO Executive Partner
Forrester

Tom Seclow
Partner
Spencer Stuart

Khalilah Cooper
Senior Director, Service & Hospitality
Chick-fil-A

Tony Wells
Chief Brand Officer
USAA

Charlene Li
Founder & Senior Fellow
Altimeter, a Prophet company

Drew Neisser
Founder & CEO
Renegae

John Ellett
CEO
Springbox, a Prophet company

Kimberly Whitler
Professor
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

