• by Val Brickates Kennedy , May 14, 2014

Arnold Worldwide was one of several Boston-area businesses honored Tuesday night at the Ad Club's annual Rosoff Awards for its work with diversity and inclusion issues.

Arnold won the prestigious competition's Marketing to a Diverse Audience Award.  The agency was up for the award against Global View Communications and its work with Eastern Bank and Mullen for its work with Mass Mutual.

According to the Ad Club, the Rosoff Awards are intended "to honor corporations in the Boston business community that are devoted to building an inclusive workplace environment, or are committed to supporting diversity, mentoring and inclusion programs in Greater Boston." 

EY won the competition's Internal Diversity Initiative Award, besting finalists Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Interpublic Group, while the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority edged past Care.com and Suffolk Construction to take the External Diversity Initiative Award.

Citi Performing Arts Center ruled the non-profit achievement category, topping finalists Year Up Inc. and Junior Achievement of Northern New England. And Mary Grimes Finley of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care was honored with the award for Best Mentor. Finley was up for the award against Bentley University's John Sims and YWCA Boston's Sylvia Ferrell-Jones.