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Venus Williams

Legendary tennis champion

 

Tina Fey

Emmy award-winning writer, actress, and producer

 

Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice

Former national security advisors

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson

American astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium

 

David Cameron

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-16)

 

Derek Jeter

Former New York Yankees captain and five-time World Series champion

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Former Secretary of State

 

Condoleezza Rice

Former Secretary of State

 

Jon Stewart

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central comedian

 

Aretha Franklin

Recording Artist and Multiple Grammy Award Winner

 

Al Gore

45th Vice President of the United States

 

Tom Brokaw

Broadcast Journalist, Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News

 

Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

 

Madeleine Albright

Secretary of State

 

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States

 

Desmond Tutu

Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa

 

Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

 

B.B. King

Blues Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter

 

F.W. de Klerk

President of South Africa

 

Elie Wiesel

Holocaust Survivor, Author and Peace Advocate

 

James Carville & Mary Matalin

Senior Political Advisor to President Bill Clinton; Deputy Campaign Manager for President George Bush

 

Colin Powell

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 65th Secretary of State of the United States

 

2019 Tina Fey, Emmy award-winning writer, actress, and producer
2018 The Right Honourable David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
2018 NBC’s Andrea Mitchell moderated a discussion with former national security advisors Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice
2016 Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium
2014 Derek Jeter, former New York Yankees captain and five-time World Series champion
2013 Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State
2013 Shirin Ebadi and Bernard Kouchner, Nobel Laureates
2010 Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State
2008 Jon Stewart, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central comedian
2008 Aretha Franklin, Recording Artist and Multiple Grammy Award Winner
2007 Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States
2006 Tom Brokaw, Broadcast Journalist, Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News
2004 Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
2003 Bill Cosby, Comedian, Actor and Author
2002 Rudolph Giuliani, New York City Mayor
2002 Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State of the United States
2001 Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
2000 Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa
1999 Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1998 B.B. King, Blues Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
1998 F.W. de Klerk, President of South Africa
1997 Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor, Author and Peace Advocate
1996 James Carville, Senior Political Advisor to President Bill Clinton
Mary Matalin, Deputy Campaign Manager for President George Bush
1996 Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 65th Secretary of State of the United States

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