2019-2020
Donna Brazile and Sean Spicer
Richard P. Montañez
2018-2019
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Erin Brockovich
2017-2018
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
2016-2017
James Carville and Mary Matalin
Terry Savage
2015-2016
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Karen Lewis
Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell
Kunal Mehta
2014-2015
Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres
Bill Kurtis
Will Allen
Omar Yamini
2013-2014
Mary Gaitskill
José Hernández
Rebecca Skloot
2012-2013
Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant
Kwame Dawes
2011-2012
Jane McGonigal
Dr. George S. Everly
2010-2011
Ken Auletta
Kristan Cilente
Reza Deghati
2009-2010
Dr. Vijay Mahajan
Francis Moore Lappé
Dr. Vladimir Mujica and Dr. Luis Nuñez
2008-2009
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Ana Castillo
Dolores Huerta
2007-2008
Claire Messud
2006-2007
Suzan-Lori Parks
Michael Cunningham
Charles Rosen
2005-2006
Ruth Duckworth
Khaled Hosseini
Jane Goodall
2004-2005
Edward Albee
2002-2003
Margaret Atwood
Chitra Divakaruni
Peter Carey
Jonathan Kozol
Richard Russo
2000-2001
Lourdes Monteagud
Deepak Chopra
Cornel West
J.M. Coetzee
Jane Smiley
Navajo Code Talkers
1998-1999
Alice Walker
Clarence Wood
Cardinal Francos George
Oscar Hijuelos
Bertice Berry
Jamaica Kincaid
Parker Palmer
1996-1997
Gaylord Nelson
Richard Leakey
Paul Simon
Arun Gandhi
