- The Agency Accepted the Award Today at the 2010 Supplier of the Year Awards Luncheon held at the Omni Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles -

(BLACK PR WIRE) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--walton | isaacson, an independently held minority owned full-service agency, was among those honored for its dedication to supporting minority business enterprises at the 2010 Supplier of the Year Awards held today. Nominated by Toyota Motor Corporation, walton | isaacson co-founder & Partner, Aaron Walton, accepted the award on behalf of the entire agency which has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York and Tokyo.

“On behalf of Walton | Isaacson, I would like to thank the entire Toyota family for nominating us for this prestigious award,” said agency co-founder & partner Aaron Walton. "Toyota’s commitment to supplier diversity has been tremendous and an important part of our agency’s success. This recognition symbolizes our commitment to excellence, dedication to innovation and pride in being an award winning minority agency. We are proud of our accomplishments as a business but even prouder of our success as a certified Minority Business Enterprise.”

This award embodies walton | isaacson’s commitment to supporting other Minority Business Enterprises as well as its investment in the community at large. As a certified Minority Business Enterprise, walton | isaacson has a history of giving back to the communities, supporting foundations such as: The Jackie Robinson Foundation, Rodney & Holly Robinson Peete’s HollyRod Foundation, and the Immigrant Archive Project. With a network of corporate partners that include Unilever, Burger King, Motown and Radio One, walton | isaacson has a wide array of channels to continue its work toward enhancing the communities it serves.

“At walton | isaacson we pride ourselves on being more than just an advertising agency,” said co-founder & partner Cory Isaacson. “We are a business whose DNA is fueled by our obligation to not only grow our clients businesses, but to also insure that our legacy as an agency is that we give back to the community that we serve.”

The Supplier of the Year Award is yet another in a string of accolades walton | isaacson has received from the business community. Most recently, the agency was recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as among the nation’s top 10 minority owned advertising agencies in the magazine’s esteemed BE 100s issue. A silver Telly award was also received last month for the agency’s creative execution of the Lexus GX “Rushers” campaign which developed strategic partnerships between Lexus, Universal Motown, BET and Universal Motown artist Ryan Leslie. For more information about walton | isaacson please visit www.waltonisaacson.com.

About walton | isaacson:

walton | isaacson is an independent, minority-owned agency with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Tokyo. They build Fortune 500 brands with innovative marketing campaigns. The agency capitalizes on industry trends by leveraging the intellectual strength of the world's best and most diverse marketing and brand talent. walton | isaacson combines industry leading creative and strategic thinking with "best in class" execution. The agency has helped to create some of the industry's most memorable consumer brand building experiences through advertising, events, entertainment and experiential marketing.