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Book and Journalism Awards
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Ripple of Hope Award Laureates
2023
The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust
Fran Drescher
The January 6 Select Committee
Zoe Lofgren
Stephanie Murphy
Pete Aguilar
Liz Cheney
Adam Kinzinger
Jamie Raskin
Ranking Member, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Bennie G. Thompson
Elaine Luria
Adam Schiff
2022
Frank Baker
Brian Moynihan
Bill Russell
President Volodymyr Zelensky
Michael Polsky
Prince Harry and Meghan
2021
Hans Vestberg
Deven Parekh
José E. Feliciano
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Clearlake Capital Group; Co-Chairman, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Stacey Abrams
Amanda Gorman
2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dolores Huerta
Colin Kaepernick
Dan Schulman
Dan Springer
2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Wendy Abrams
Glen Tullman
2018
Barack Obama
Bruce D. Broussard
Phil Murphy
David Zaslav
2017
Harry Belafonte
Alex Gorsky
Hamdi Ulukaya
2016
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Scott Minerd
Howard Schultz
2015
Tim Cook
Roger Altman
Marianna Vardinoyannis
John Lewis
2014
Robert De Niro
Tony Bennett
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Donato Tramuto
2013
Muhammad Yunus
John Boyer
2012
Vincent Mai
Taylor Swift
2011
Al Gore
Dennis Mathisen
2010
George Clooney
Marc Spilker
2009
Bono
Wyclef Jean
2008
Clive Davis
Desmond Tutu
Afsaneh Beschloss
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek
Initial laureates
Bill Clinton
Bob Pittman
