Awards
DCIIA celebrates individuals who have distinguished themselves through the meaningful impacts they are making in their organizations, to our industry and in their communities with our annual awards recognition programs.
DCIIA Workplace Excellence Awards
This annual recognition program honors both Leaders and Rising Stars for their work to create community in the office as well as improve the quality of life outside of it.
The Workplace Excellence Awards Dinner is hosted in conjunction with DCIIA's Innovation Forum.
Cheers to Our Leaders & Rising Stars
BlackRock
Edelman Financial Engines
OneDigital
Custodia Financial
Newfront Retirement Services, Inc.
CAPTRUST
Goldman Sachs
Nuveen
Principal Financial Group
FIS Reliance Trust
Pacific Life
Francis LLC
ITW
OneDigital
PineBridge Investments
Allspring Global Investments
Newfront Retirement Services, Inc.
Ascensus
T. Rowe Price
Addition Wealth
Morningstar Investment Management
Vanguard Group
Nuveen
PIMCO
Francis LLC
Principal Financial Group
Fidelity Investments
FMOL Health
Carlyle
MFS
Schwarz Partners
Bank of America
Cambridge Associates
Pacific Life
Manifest
Callan
Empower
Plan Sponsor Workplace Excellence Awards
Pensions & Investments (P&I) and the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association are introducing the P&I/DCIIA Workplace Excellence Awards for plan sponsors, a new program for 2026 recognizing executives who are strengthening workplace retirement plans and improving outcomes for participants. The awards nominations will launch in the spring and the inaugural awards recipients will debut at the DC West Conference, October 25-27 in Huntington Beach, California.
The initiative marks an evolution of P&I and DCIIA's long-running Excellence & Innovation Awards, first introduced in 2011, and presented annually at DC West. The new Workplace Excellence Awards program broadens the focus to recognize more plan sponsors and highlight leading practices across retirement plan management.
Each year, plan sponsors will be recognized in five categories (below):
- Plan Design
- Investments
- Technology/Use of AI
- Financial Wellbeing
- Bright Idea
The program aims to showcase sponsors advancing innovation and strengthening retirement security for millions of employees across the U.S.
