A Look Back at Previous Events

Scroll down through all the wonderful memories we've created with the Ginny Valentine Badge of Courage Awards. Remember the winners, judges and more...

The 7th Annual Ginny Valentine Awards

The 2018 Ginny Valentine Badge of Courage Awards were held at The Barrelhouse during the IIeX North America conference in Atlanta on June 11th. Sponsors included IIeX NA, GreenBook and The Research Liberation Front. 

THE 2018 WINNERS

• Anije Lambert, of PDC Research for pioneering research in Guyana

• Kristof Varga of Bakamo Social for switching from politics to research to make a real difference

• Baileigh Allen of Zigzag Research USA for challenging views on autism for the greater good

• Poli Paterson (Limbpower) & Francis Cowen (DSA) for taking a risk to make the voices of disabled people heard 

THE 2018 PANEL OF JUDGES

•  Jessica Salmon - Telefonica, UK

• Maria Pocovi - Emotion Research Lab, USA

• Tony Costella - Heineken International, Netherlands

• Fi Bendall - Bendalls Group, Australia

• Otávio Donnabella - System 1, Brazil

 All photographs from the 2018 awards ceremony provided by Fiona Blades and John Griffiths of MESH Experience

The 6th Annual Ginny Valentine Awards

The 2017 Ginny Valentine Badge of Courage Awards were held at The Barrelhouse during the IIeX North America conference in Atlanta on June 12th. Sponsors included IIeX NA, GreenBook and The Research Liberation Front. 

THE 2017 WINNERS

• Dan Foreman, of Hatted, for Risking Reputation and Investment In the Cause of Innovation
• Pravin Shekar, of Cando, for Taking Positive Discrimination Towards Disability to Awesome Levels
• Michael, Arnie and Middle East teams, of Kantar TNS and their affiliates, for Perseverance and Determination to Tell the Stories That Need to Be Told
• Steve Lacey, of SLS Strategy, for The Pursuit of Minority Voices
• Marc Brenner of the MRS, Lisa Edgar of the Big Window and Wendy Mitchell, for Giving a Platform to People Who Are Not Normally Heard
• Julie Fuller, of Fuller Research Group, for Sticking Her Head Above the Parapet to Challenge Recruitment Status Quo

THE 2017 PANEL OF JUDGES

• Gayle Fuguitt, Foursquare
• Clark Jones, Coca Cola
• Joel Rubinson, Rubinson Partners
• Priscilla Tavares, LATAM Airlines
• Annelies Verhaeghe, Insites Consulting

All photographs from the 2017 awards ceremony provided by Fiona Blades and John Griffiths of MESH Experience and Nelson Davis of P2Sample.com

The 5th Annual Ginny Valentine Awards

The 2016 Ginny Valentine Badge of Courage Awards were held at The Barrelhouse during the IIeX North America conference in Atlanta on June 14th. Sponsors included IIeX NA, GreenBook and The Research Liberation Front. 

THE 2016 Winners

• Ilka Kuhagen, of IKM GmbH, for Fearless Qualitative Experimentation
• Daniel Fazekas, of Bakamo Social, for Doing The Right Thing
• Keri Dooley, of The Garage Group, for Redefining Market Research
• Yasmin-Jane Scott, of Razor Research, for Making Inclusivity Her Professional Misson
• Annie Pettit, of Peanut Labs (Canada), for Calling the Industry to Account on Diversity
• The Unilever CMI team (accepted by Marie Wolfe), for Making Bravery Acceptable Within the Industry

The 2016 Panel of Judges

• Caroline Smiley, Delta Air Lines
• Vijay Raj, Unilever
• Dana Di Gregorio, Nielsen
• Jane Frost, Market Research Society (MRS)
• Annie Pettit, Peanut Labs

All photographs from the 2016 awards ceremony provided by Nelson Davis of P2Sample.

The 4th Annual Ginny Valentine Awards

The 2015 Ginny Valentine Badge of Courage Awards were held at IIeX North America conference in Atlanta on June 16th. The sponsors included The Research Liberation Front, TNS, Greenbook/IIeX NA, and KL Communications.

THE 2015 Winners

• Kristin Hickey, of kubi kalloo, formerly Rubi Cha Cha, for Continually Pushing The Boat Out
• Simon Lidington & Matt Lynch, of The Big Sofa, for Putting All The Chips On The Table
• Dr Munqith Dagher, of IIACSS, for Keeping Research Alive In Multiple Conflict Zones
• Richard Gilmore, of Open Health, for Being Radical In A Conservative Sector with his work in pharmaceutical market research
• Darren Hanley, of Hope & Anchor (UK), for Ignoring Client Resistance And Rejection
• Michelle Juni, of MESH Experience, for Displaying Courage Under Pressure

The 2015 Panel of Judges

• Ashley Chauvin, Citi
• Roberto Cymrot, Coca Cola
• Kristin Luck, Growth Hacking
• Vanella Jackson, Hall & Partners
• Christine Walker, Alliance Strategic Research - Australia

The 3rd Annual Ginny Valentine Awards

The 2014 awards ceremony was held at the Club Room at the Georgia Tech Conference Center on June 16th during the IIeX North America conference. The awards were sponsored by TNS, KL Communications, Greenbook, and the Research Liberation Front.

The 2014 Winners

• Dave Birch, Intellection (UK), for Disrupting the industry with the development of machine learning for analysing research
• Jackie Braggs, Hutchison 3G mobile (UK), for Supporting brave creative work
• Steve Cohen, In4mation Insights (USA), for Taking an academic methodology and giving it commercial credence
• Catalina, (CO), for Courage in the face of adversity. Catalina was attacked while she was interviewing in a Medellin barrio. 
• Will Leach, Triggerpoint (USA), for Going against the grain in his championing of Behavioural Economics
• Marita Schimpel, of Myanmar Survey Research (MY), for Pioneering research training in one of the world’s youngest marketplaces
• Chuck Vila, Campbell Soups (US), for Using technology to reduce costs and fund innovation

The 2014 Panel of Judges

• Catherine Wills, Delta Air Lines
• Ana Alvarez, PepsiCo Brazil
• Alison White, Face Facts Research
• Betty Adamou, Research through Gaming