NAATP proudly congratulates Dr. Danielle Jackman — DEI leader and Associate Professor at the University of Denver and CEO and Founder of Lotus DEI Consulting, LLC, and active member of NAATP’s DEIB Committee — on being named the 2025 DEI Professional of the Year at the OnCon Icon Awards.

The OnCon Icon Awards celebrate the very best professionals worldwide across multiple disciplines, with honorees chosen through rigorous peer and community voting. From this highly competitive international pool, Dr. Jackman was named among the Top 100 global DEI leaders — and further distinguished as the 2025 DEI Professional of the Year. This extraordinary honor places her at the forefront of diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership across industries around the globe.

Lotus DEI Consulting, a NAATP Affiliate Member, was established to accelerate momentum, inspire change, and elevate racial and social justice concerns. Dr. Jackman’s work equips leaders and organizations with the tools to create meaningful structural change and to integrate equity and justice both professionally and personally.

This recognition underscores the profound impact of Dr. Jackman’s leadership — both in her day-to-day work within the addiction and behavioral health field and through her consulting practice — in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the treatment community and beyond.