Past Honorees
2019
Leymah R. Gbowee
Muhtar Kent
Jim Yong Kim
2018
Janet Yellen
International Finance Corporation
2017
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Fundaçao Lemann
2016
The Honorable Ban Ki-moon
Secretary James A. Baker, III
The Honorable Christine Lagarde
Wang Boming MIA ’88
2015
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
Eric Garcetti MIA ’95, Mayor of Los Angeles
Citi & Edward Skyler, EVP, Global Public Affairs
2014
Unilever & Paul Polman, CEO
The Rockefeller Foundation & Dr. Judith Rodin, President
Dr. Joan Spero MIA ’68, ’73GSAS
2013
Judy Cheng-Hopkins MIA ’78
Ambassador Richard N. Gardner
2012
Dr. Lisa Anderson CERT ’76, ’77GSAS, ’81GSAS
Howard G. Buffett
Peter G. Peterson
2011
Mitchell D. Silber MIA ’05
Paul A. Volcker
WITNESS
2010
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Fareed Zakaria
Partners in Health
2009
Christiane Amanpour
Arminio Fraga
New America Foundation
2008
Ambassador Arnold A. Saltzman
Lan Yang MIA ’96
2007
Ambassador Donald Blinken
Patricia M. Cloherty MIA ’68, ’70TC
A. Michael Hoffman IF ’69, MIA ’73
2006
James A. Harmon
Nemir A. Kirdar
2005
Kenneth J. Knuckles
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
2004
Henrique de Campos Meirelles
Ambassador Felix Rohatyn
Citizens Budget Commission
2003
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright CERT ’68, ’76GSAS
Richard M. Smith IF ’69
The Community Service Society of New York
2002
George Rupp
The Honorable Martin Varsavsky MIA ’84
The Nature Conservancy
2001
Senator George J. Mitchell
Ted Turner
Human Rights Watch