Previous Annual
- 2024 – Oprah Winfrey, Chairman & CEO of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Global Media Leader, Producer, Philanthropist, Actress, Author
- 2023 – Tom Brady, Seven-Time World Champion Quarterback
- 2022 – Venus Williams, Legendary Tennis Champion
- 2019 – Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations, 2017-19
- 2018 – Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011
- 2017 – David Cameron, Prime Minister, UK, 2010-16
- 2016 – Ben Bernanke, Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, 2006-14
- 2015 – Derek Jeter, Legendary NY Yankee & Journalist, George Will
- 2014 – Richard Branson, Founder & Chairman, Virgin Group
- 2013 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State
- 2012 – Tony Blair, Prime Minister, UK, 1997-07
- 2011 – Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State & Gen. Colin L. Powell, 65th Secretary of State
- 2010 – George W. Bush, 43rd President, United States
- 2009 – Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State
- 2008 – Tom Brokaw, Retired NBC News Anchor
- 2007 – William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President, United States
- 2006 – Bono, Co-Founder of DATA and Lead singer of U2
- 2005 – General Colin L. Powell, 65th Secretary of State
- 2004 – Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State
- 2003 – Her Majesty Queen Noor, Queen of Jordan
- 2002 – Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988-96
- 2001 – Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1986-16
- 2000 – F.W. DeKlerk, President of South Africa, 1989-94
- 1999 – John Major, Prime Minister, UK, 1990-97
- 1998 – Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, 1981-85
- 1997 – Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel, 2007-14
- 1996 – Stephen R. Covey, Author, and Lecturer
- 1995 – Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House, 1995-99
- 1994 – Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-93
- 1993 – James A. Baker III, 61st Secretary of State
- 1992 – Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, 4-Star General, U.S. Army
- 1991 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, UK, 1979-1990
- 1990 – George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist
- 1989 – Paul Erdman, Novelist, Economist
- 1988 – Mark Shields, Political Analyst
