The Best Employers Award recognizes companies for their commitment to advancing employee well-being through comprehensive, innovative benefits and initiatives. The application honors the importance of health equity and reflects the evolution of holistic well-being approaches. Applicants are evaluated on the following core areas:

  • Leadership, Culture and Well-being Strategy
  • Holistic Well-being
  • Engagement and the Employee Experience
  • Health Equity
  • Metrics and Evaluation

The 2024 Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Awards were awarded in April 2024 at our Annual Conference. The 2025 Best Employers application will be open late summer 2024.

2024 Award Winners

Accenture
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Accenture
Advocate Health
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Advocate Health
American Express Logo
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American Express
AXA XL Logo
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AXA XL
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Bain & Company
Bank of America
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Bank of America
BASF
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BASF Corporation
BD logo
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BD
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Booz Allen
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Cardinal Health
Chevron logo
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Chevron
CNO Financial Group logo
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CNO Financial Group
Cognizant  logo
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Cognizant
Compass Group logo
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Compass Group
CVS Health logo
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CVS Health
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Dell Technologies
DTE logo
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DTE Energy
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Erie
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EY
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General Motors
HII
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HII
HP
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HP
Humana logo
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Humana Inc.
JPMorgan Chase
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kaiser Permanente logo
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Kaiser Permanente
Kellanova
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Kellanova
KeyBank logo
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KeyBank
Merck logo
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Merck & Co., Inc.
Morgan Stanley logo
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Morgan Stanley
Nationwide
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Nationwide Insurance
Navy Federal Credit Union
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Navy Federal Credit Union
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Nestlé in the U.S.
NextEra Energy
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NextEra Energy, Inc.
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Nielsen
Northrop Grumman
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Northrop Grumman Corporation
NYU Langone Health
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NYU Langone Health
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Paychex
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PepsiCo, Inc.
PwC  logo
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PwC
RSM
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RSM US LLP
Smith & Nephew logo
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Smith+Nephew
FCA Stellantis
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Stellantis
Takeda logo
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Takeda
Target logo
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Target
TD Bank
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TD
Texas Health Resources logo
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Texas Health Resources
Cigna logo
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The Cigna Group
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The Hartford
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The Walt Disney Company
UKG logo
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UKG
UnitedHealth Group logo
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UnitedHealth Group
University of Virginia logo
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University of Virginia
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Unum Group
UPMC logo
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UPMC/UPMC Health Plan

2024 Best Employer Peer Judges

Thank you to our esteemed 2024 Peer Judges! The Best Employers program would not be possible without the commitment and support they provided.

  • Brian Casey, Directors, Benefits, ADT
  • Christina Kumbsky, Senior Manager, Benefits ADT
  • Maribeth Rouseff, Assistant Vice President, Occupational Health & Wellness, Baptist Health South Florida
  • Heather Evans, Well-being & Recognition Consultant, Bon Secours Mercy Health
  • Shawn Yockey, Program Manager, Well-being, Bon Secours Mercy Health
  • Allison Dunn, Global Benefits Director, BorgWarner Inc
  • Tricia Barry, Sr. Benefits Analyst, CF Industries
  • Jeremy Loo, Manager HR Projects and HR Communications, CF Industries
  • Maureen Parker, Manager, Employee-Wellbeing, CF Industries
  • Richard Hortop, Vice President International Total Rewards, Comcast Corporation 
  • Jill Makin, Operations Manager, Health Education and Promotion Center of Excellence, Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Dana Morris, Director Global Benefits, Fiserv 
  • Angela Drago, VP, Global Benefits, Gartner
  • Doug Naumann, Vice President, Wellness, Goldman Sachs & Co. 
  • Victoria Pavlov, Vice President, Global Benefits, Hearst Corporation
  • Nick Jillson, Well-being Coordinator, IDEXX Laboratories
  • Kavita Jayachandran, Sr. Manager, Benefits Strategy Execution, Liberty Mutual Insurance 
  • Mollie O’Brien, SVP, Global Rewards, Nasdaq
  • Marco Diaz, SVP, Global Benefits, News Corps
  • Jackie Lajiness, Associate Director of International Benefits, Organon
  • Stacey Rodgers, VP Global Benefits, Pearson
  • Tawana Mallard, VP, Global Health & Wellbeing Plans, PVH Corp. 
  • Theresa Conley, Manager of Benefits Design, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  • Martha Lanning, Director, Health and Welfare Plans, The Sherwin-Williams Company

If you are interested in being a peer judge in the future, please email [email protected].

Award FAQs

The 2025 Best Employers application will open late summer/early fall 2024.

The Best Employers Award criteria honors the importance of strategic, thoughtful approaches to well-being and health equity. The application is designed to reflect leading and innovative practices in the following core areas:

  • Leadership, Culture and Well-being Strategy
  • Holistic Well-being
  • Engagement and the Employee Experience
  • Equitable Benefits and Social Determinants of Health
  • Metrics and Evaluation
  • Local, national and global recognition as a company that values the health and well-being of its employees
  • Brand recognition as an employer of choice
  • Elevation of health and well-being internally with senior leaders and employees
  • Individual benchmarking report
  • Digital award seal to use for promotional and recruitment purposes
  • Press release template
  • Recognition at the awards ceremony during Business Group’s Annual Conference
  • Discounted Annual Conference registration rate
  • Listing on Business Group on Health website

Both Business Group on Health members and non-member companies can apply. Non-member companies must meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Fortune 500 Company;
  • Top 100 of Forbes America's Largest Private Companies;
  • Forbes Global 2000; or
  • A workforce with at least 5,000 employees.

Companies headquartered in and outside the U.S. can apply.

The Business Group will allow one parent and one sub-unit/division to apply.

Each application is reviewed by both peer health and well-being leaders at large employers and members of the Business Group on Health team. If you are interested in volunteering as a judge, please email [email protected].

Best Employers Award

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Business Group on Health is a network of professionals helping large employers optimize business performance by improving the way they approach health and benefits. We leverage our network of members to share best practices, shape health care policy, and craft innovative solutions for the health care issues employers care about.