2018 Xavier Becerra | California Attorney General & Dr. Janina Scarlett | Clinical Psychologist, San Diego
2017 Carrie Hessler-Radelet | CEO, Project Concern International; Former Deputy Director Peace Corps
2016 Lakshmi Puri | U.N. Assistant Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Director, UN Women, NYC
2015 Dee Aker | Activist & Advocate for Women’s Rights, Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, USD
2014 Doni DeBolt | Adopt a Special Kid Agency | Children with disability, San Francisco, CA
2013 Sadiq Tawfiq | Afghan Amity Society, Laguna Beach, CA
2012 Elizabeth Lou | Founder and CEO, Nile Sisters Development Initiative, San Diego, CA
2011 Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice | Women Peacemakers Program, USD
2010 Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition | Unity Coalition Against Trafficking San Diego & Baja CA
2009 Casa Cornelia Law Center | Pro bono legal services to victims of human and civil rights violations, CA
2008 Ann Craig PhD | Provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California San Diego, CA
2007 Ted Alemayhu | U.S. Doctors for Africa, CA
2006 Laurel Burch | Healing Through Art, CA
2005 Christine Brady | Americas Foundation, Building schools at U.S./Mexico Borders, CA
2004 Christine Kehoe, CA State Senator | City’s Equal Opportunity Ordinance | incl. LGBT, CA
2003 Kathi Anderson | Executive Director, Survivors of Torture International, San Diego, CA
2002 Steve Brown | La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary, Foundation Vice Chair and Trustee, San Diego, CA
2001 Bob Filner, US Congressman | Social Programmes for the Homeless & Vets, San Diego, CA
2000 Lucy Killea, CA State Senator, Ret | Co-Founder, Fronteras de las Californias
1999 James Hubbell | Ilan-Lael Foundation, Creativity as Catalyst for Positive Change
1998 Nick Stamon | Founder, San Diego Chapter of Amnesty International, CA