25 Virginia, DC Employers Best For Diversity In 2019: Forbes

WASHINGTON, DC — A world-class museum, four renowned universities and three aerospace/defense companies lead Virginia and Washington, D.C.'s list of most diverse employers, according to the newest list from Forbes. A Colorado metal packaging company made its debut on Forbes’ list of the best employers for diversity in 2019 and claimed the No.1 spot. The rankings are Forbes’ second edition of the annual list.

Forbes partnered with Statista, a market research company, to compile the rankings. The magazine says 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees were surveyed to come up with the final rankings, and 20 Virginia and five District companies made the list.

The No. 1 company on the list is Ball, a 139-year-old business located in Broomfield, Colorado.

The Virginia employers that made Forbes’ list in 2019 — with their rank, specialty and headquarters — are:

• No. 54 University of Virginia. Education, Charlottesville
• No. 93 Old Dominion University, Education, Norfolk
• No. 179, Hilton, Travel & Leisure, McLean
• No. 180 George Mason University, Education, Fairfax
• No. 193 Northrop Grumman, Aerospace & Defense, Falls Church
• No. 257 Virginia Commonwealth University, Education, Richmond
• No. 266 Dominion Energy, Utilities, Richmond
• No. 267 Capital One Financial, Banking and Financial Services, McLean
• No. 278 CarMax, Retail and Wholesale, Richmond
• No. 281 AFSC/Magellan Federal, Business Services & Supplies, Arlington
• No. 283 Navy Federal Credit Union, Banking and Financial Services, Vienna
• No. 290 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Newport News
• No. 323 SAIC, Business Services & Supplies, McLean
• No. 330 Altria Group, Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco, Richmond
• No. 331 American Family Fitness, Travel & Leisure, Glen Allen
• No. 352 Booz Allen Hamilton, Professional Services, McLean
• No. 376 Leidos, IT, Internet, Software & Services, Reston
• No. 453 General Dynamics, Aerospace & Defense, Falls Church
• No. 454 Volkswagen Group, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Herndon
• No. 498 Mars, Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco, McLean

The Washington, D.C., employers that made Forbes’ list in 2019 are:

• No. 32 World Bank Group, Banking and Financial Services
• No. 113 Danaher, Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment
• No. 128 AARP, Healthcare & Social
• No. 129 Siemens, Engineering, Manufacturing
• No. 363 Smithsonian Institution, Travel & Leisure

According to Forbes, the top 10 employers for diversity in the country are:

• Ball (Containers and packaging), Broomfield, Colorado (1)
• Nielsen (Professional Services), New York, New York (2)
• BlueCross BlueShied of Tennessee (Insurance), Chattanooga, Tennessee (3)
• Kent State University Kent Campus (Education), Kent, Ohio (4)
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Drugs & Technology), Boston, Massachusetts (5)
• Netflix (Media & Advertising), Los Gatos, California (6)
• University of California, Irvine (Education), Irvine, California (7)
• Penguin Random House (Media & Advertising), New York, New York (8)
• SAP (IT, Internet, Software & Services), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (9)
• Visa (Banking and Financial Services), Foster City, California (10)

Writing about Ball, Forbes said that the company’s “commitment to diversity and inclusion starts at the very top.” The company has nine employee resource groups that represent diverse and minority populations. These groups host events to advance their respective missions, Forbes writes. The company has a host of other initiatives that it employs to promote diversity and inclusion. (You can read more about it on Forbes.)

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