1995

Black Enterprise magazine names PepsiCo one of best employers of minorities.

PepsiCo and Wayne Calloway, then Chairman and CEO, are honored with Girl Scout's Leadership Award from Girl Scouts of Westchester/Putnam.

Frito-Lay is named Corporation of the Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council.

Bob Gonzalez, Group Manager Minority/ Women Business Development for Frito-Lay, receives the Helping Hands Award from the Dallas/ Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council (MBDC).

1996

Ronald E. Harrison, Vice President of Community Relations, is presented with Herbert H. Wright Award during the National Urban League Conference.

Hispanic magazine names PepsiCo one of the top employers for Hispanics.

Pepsi-Cola receives the NAACP Corporate Recognition Award for Leadership in Minority Vendor Purchasing.

Pepsi-Cola receives Best Practice Award from the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Frito-Lay is named Corporation of the Year by the North Texas Women's Business Council and the North Texas MED Week Committee.

Frito-Lay receives Pacesetter Award from the Dallas Together Forum.

Frito-Lay is nominated Corporation of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Bob Gonzalez, Group Manager, Minority/Women Business Development for Frito-Lay, receives the Corporate Advocate of the Year Award from the Dallas/ Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council (MBDC).

Deborah Sims-Beck, Minority/Women Business Development Coordinator for Frito-Lay, receives the Helping Hands Award from the Dallas/ Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council (MBDC).

1997

Frito-Lay is named Corporation of the Year by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

Frito-Lay is nominated Corporation of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

PepsiCo begins formal tracking of Women Business Enterprise suppliers.

Deepak Aurora, Operations Manager for Frito-Lay, receives the Science and Technology Award from the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

Bob Gonzalez, Group Manager, Minority/Women Business Development for Frito-Lay, is recognized as the Tricon Global Restaurants Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year.

James O'Neal, then President and Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay International, and Leonard Schutzman, then PepsiCo Treasurer, are presented with the Leadership Award by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

1998

Council on Economic Priorities (CEP) names PepsiCo to its Honor Roll. PepsiCo is one of 35 companies recognized as tops in minority and women's advancement, workplace issues, family benefits, charitable giving, community outreach, environment and social disclosure.

The Business Consortium Fund (BCF) awards PepsiCo "President's Star Award" for work in furthering the mission and objectives of BCF, a firm that provides capital to minority business. PepsiCo was an early supporter.

Pepsi-Cola receives the 1998 Award for Supplier Diversity at the Multi-Cultural Prism Awards presentations of Minorities in Business magazine.

The PepsiCo Foundation makes a $100,000 memorial gift to the Boule Foundation in memory of Pepsi-Cola Vice President Harvey C. Russell, the first African-American to be appointed a vice president of a Fortune 500 corporation. The grant will be used to sponsor scholarships for graduate business school students from the African-American community.

Pepsi-Cola receives the Corporate Award from the Westchester Center for Training and Development.

Pepsi-Cola is named winner of the Supplier Diversity Prism Award from Minorities in Business magazine.

1999

FORTUNE magazine names PepsiCo one of "The 50 Best Companies for Asians, Blacks and Hispanics."

Hispanic magazine names Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay to its Hispanic Corporate 100 list of companies providing the best opportunities for Hispanics.

Franklin D. Raines, Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae, is elected to the PepsiCo Board of Directors.

Cynthia M. Trudell, Vice President, General Motors and Chairman and President, Saturn Corporation, is elected to the PepsiCo Board of Directors.

Solomon D. Trujillo, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, U S WEST, Inc. is elected to the Board of Directors.

Pepsi-Cola receives a Certificate of Recognition from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Pepsi-Cola receives an Outstanding Corporate Support Award from the National Minority Purchasing Council.

Pepsi-Cola is named Corporation of the Year by the New York/New Jersey Minority Purchasing Council.

Frito-Lay is named Corporation of the Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council and the North Texas MED Week Committee.

Bob Gonzalez, Group Manger, Minority/Women Business Development for Frito-Lay, receives the Minority Company Catalyst Award.

The PepsiCo Foundation, Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay sponsor the Executive Leadership Council and Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that provides African-American senior corporate executives a professional network and forum.