Presenters

2024
Diane Ackerman
Essayist, Poet, and Naturalist
Diane Ackerman
Essayist, Poet, and Naturalist

2023
Ellen V. Futter
President Emerita
American Museum of Natural History
Ellen V. Futter
President Emerita
American Museum of Natural History

2022
Dava Sobel
Author and Science Journalist
Dava Sobel
Author and Science Journalist

2021
Mary Schmidt Campbell
President, Spelman College
Mary Schmidt Campbell
President, Spelman College

2020
Frances Beinecke
Former President
Natural Resources Defense Council
Frances Beinecke
Former President
Natural Resources Defense Council

2019
Billie Tsien
Co-Founder and Partner
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Billie Tsien
Co-Founder and Partner
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

2018
Agnes Gund
President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Founding Donor, Art for Justice Fund
Agnes Gund
President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Founding Donor, Art for Justice Fund

2017
President, Wellesley College
President, Wellesley College

2016
Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code
Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code

2015
Broadcast Journalist, 鈥淭he Rachel Maddow Show鈥
Broadcast Journalist, 鈥淭he Rachel Maddow Show鈥

2014
Business Technology Pioneer and Philanthropist
Business Technology Pioneer and Philanthropist

2013
Sculptor and Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Co-Founder
Sculptor and Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Co-Founder

2012
Oceanographer, Environmentalist and Aquanaut
Chairwoman and Founder, Sylvia Earle Alliance
*Recipient of the 2016 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science, presented at The 鸟大大影院
Oceanographer, Environmentalist and Aquanaut
Chairwoman and Founder, Sylvia Earle Alliance
*Recipient of the 2016 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science, presented at The 鸟大大影院

2011
President of Chile, 2006-2010, 2014-present
Former Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
President of Chile, 2006-2010, 2014-present
Former Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women

2010
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

2009
University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director of the Global Health Initiative and ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director of the Global Health Initiative and ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

2008
Former President of Ireland, 1990-1997
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President and Chair, Mary Robinson Foundation 鈥 Climate Justice
Former President of Ireland, 1990-1997
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President and Chair, Mary Robinson Foundation 鈥 Climate Justice

2007
Professor Emerita, Old World Archaeology and Art and Anthropology
Brown University
Professor Emerita, Old World Archaeology and Art and Anthropology
Brown University

2006
Author, Screenwriter, and Journalist
Author, Screenwriter, and Journalist

2005
Author, Reporter, and Columnist
Author, Reporter, and Columnist

2004
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States