ADL Honors PECO President and CEO Denis O’Brien With Americanism Award

The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Eastern Region has honored PECO President and CEO Denis P. O’Brien with the 2011 Americanism Award.

The ADL bestows the Americanism Award annually on leaders in business, community affairs, and charitable endeavors who distinguish themselves and their organizations through their dedication to preserving liberty and advancing the cause of human rights, dignity, diversity, and equal opportunity.

"We admire the ADL's distinguished record of advocating for the respect and inclusion of all people, especially the victims of prejudice,” said O’Brien. "I am honored to accept this award on behalf of all PECO and Exelon employees in the region, for whom diversity is a core value and a daily commitment.”

The partnership between PECO and ADL has included PECO’s sponsorship of ADL’s fall 2010 Youth Leadership Conference, where more than 300 students from 35 area schools came together for a full day of workshops and presentations about diversity. In addition, PECO staged "Diversity Job Shadowing Day” at its Main Office Building for students from their adopted No Place For Hate^® School, Bok Technical High School. Later this year, Bok, PECO, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and ADL will collaborate on several mural projects exploring No Place For Hate^® topics such as diversity and respect.

PECO and its employees celebrate diversity year-round through community programs like the PECO Multicultural Series and partnerships with organizations like ADL, Congreso, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, the Urban League and the Urban Affairs Coalition. And, PECO proudly supports the programs and community-focused efforts of its employee network groups (ENGs): Asian Americans Committed to Exelon Success (AACES); Exelon African American Membership Association (EAAMA); Network of Exelon Women (NEW); Organization of Latino Employees (OLE); Pride (LGBT employees); Exelon Military Actively Connected (EMAC); and the Young Professionals Group (YPG).

Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 490,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region. PECO delivered 87.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.5 billion kilowatt-hours-hours of electricity in 2010. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.