Presenters


2023
Ellen V. Futter
President Emerita
American Museum of Natural History
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Ellen V. Futter
President Emerita
American Museum of Natural History
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2020
Frances Beinecke
Former President
Natural Resources Defense Council
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Frances Beinecke
Former President
Natural Resources Defense Council
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2019
Billie Tsien
Co-Founder and Partner
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
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Billie Tsien
Co-Founder and Partner
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
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2018
Agnes Gund
President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Founding Donor, Art for Justice Fund
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Agnes Gund
President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Founding Donor, Art for Justice Fund
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2017
Paula Johnson(opens in new window)
President, Wellesley College
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Paula Johnson(opens in new window)
President, Wellesley College
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2016
Reshma Saujani(opens in new window)
Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code
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Reshma Saujani(opens in new window)
Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code
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2015
Rachel Maddow(opens in new window)
Broadcast Journalist, “The Rachel Maddow Show”
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Rachel Maddow(opens in new window)
Broadcast Journalist, “The Rachel Maddow Show”
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2014
Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley(opens in new window)
Business Technology Pioneer and Philanthropist
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Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley(opens in new window)
Business Technology Pioneer and Philanthropist
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2013
Ursula von Rydingsvard (opens in new window)
Sculptor and Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Co-Founder
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Ursula von Rydingsvard (opens in new window)
Sculptor and Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Co-Founder
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2012
Sylvia Earle(opens in new window)
Oceanographer, Environmentalist and Aquanaut
Chairwoman and Founder, Sylvia Earle Alliance
*Recipient of the 2016 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science, presented at The Rockefeller University
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Sylvia Earle(opens in new window)
Oceanographer, Environmentalist and Aquanaut
Chairwoman and Founder, Sylvia Earle Alliance
*Recipient of the 2016 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science, presented at The Rockefeller University
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2011
Michelle Bachelet(opens in new window)
President of Chile, 2006-2010, 2014-present
Former Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
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Michelle Bachelet(opens in new window)
President of Chile, 2006-2010, 2014-present
Former Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
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2010
Andrea Mitchell (opens in new window)
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
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Andrea Mitchell (opens in new window)
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
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2009
Wafaa El-Sadr (opens in new window)
University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director of the Global Health Initiative and ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
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Wafaa El-Sadr (opens in new window)
University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director of the Global Health Initiative and ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
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2008
Mary Robinson(opens in new window)
Former President of Ireland, 1990-1997
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President and Chair, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice
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Mary Robinson(opens in new window)
Former President of Ireland, 1990-1997
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President and Chair, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice
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2007
Martha Sharp Joukowsky(opens in new window)
Professor Emerita, Old World Archaeology and Art and Anthropology
Brown University
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Martha Sharp Joukowsky(opens in new window)
Professor Emerita, Old World Archaeology and Art and Anthropology
Brown University
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2006
Joan Didion(opens in new window)
Author, Screenwriter, and Journalist
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Joan Didion(opens in new window)
Author, Screenwriter, and Journalist
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2005
Helen Thomas(opens in new window)
Author, Reporter, and Columnist
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Helen Thomas(opens in new window)
Author, Reporter, and Columnist
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2004
Sandra Day O’Connor(opens in new window)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Sandra Day O’Connor(opens in new window)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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