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
Awardees
Fidelity Investments
Francis LLC
State Street Global Advisors
Aspen Institute Financial Security Program
BlackRock
Mercer
Edelman Financial Engines
OneDigital
Allspring Global Investments
Custodia Financial
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Newfront Retirement Services, Inc.
PGIM Private Capital
CAPTRUST
Goldman Sachs
Allspring Global Investments
Vanguard
Allspring Global Investments
Nuveen
Franklin Templeton
Principal Financial Group
FIS Reliance Trust
Empower
Corebridge Financial
Pacific Life
Francis LLC
ITW
Segal
Corebridge Financial
OneDigital
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
T. Rowe Price
Micruity
PineBridge Investments
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
Meketa Investment Group
Lincoln Financial
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Allspring Global Investments
Bechtel Corp.
Principal
PineBridge Investments
PineBridge Investments
Principal Financial Group
Callan
Newfront Retirement Services, Inc.
Trucker Huss, APC
Ascensus
JPMorgan Asset Management
T. Rowe Price
Empower
Ascensus
NEPC
Addition Wealth
Morningstar Investment Management
Vanguard Group
Nuveen
Edelman Financial Engines
PIMCO
Cambridge Associates
Francis LLC
Francis LLC
Segal Marco Advisors
Principal Financial Group
BlackRock
Leidos
T. Rowe Price
AllianceBernstein
Fidelity Investments
FMOL Health
Vanguard
New York Life
Callan
WTW
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Financial Finesse
Carlyle
MFS
Morningstar Investment Management
Meketa Investment Group
Schwarz Partners
Bank of America
Cambridge Associates
Franklin Templeton
Bank of America
Pacific Life
Bechtel Corp.
Cambridge Associates
Fidelity Investments
Manifest
Morningstar Investment Management
Callan
Empower
Bank of America
TIAA Institute
Pacific Life
DCIIA
Ascensus
BlackRock
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.
