2023 - Anderson Parks, Kuolt Distinguished Professor of Business, senior lecturer, and diversity, equity, and inclusion faculty fellow at Central Washington University (CWU)
2022 - Carlos O. Cortez, Chancellor, San Diego Community College
2021 - James L. Moore III, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, The Ohio State University
2020 - Walter G. Bumphus, President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges
2019 - Shaun R. Harper, Provost Professor of Business and Executive Director of the Race and Equity Center, University of Southern California
2018 - Janet Napolitano, President, University of California
2017 - Mildred García, President, California State University, Fullerton
2016 - Santa J. Ono, President, University of Cincinnati
2015 - Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania
2014 - Charlene M. Dukes, President, Prince George’s Community College (MD)
2013 - Johnnetta B. Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
2012 - James M. Rosser, President, California State University, Los Angeles
2011 - Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President, Syracuse University (NY)
2010 - Bob Suzuki, President Emeritus, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
2009 - Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2008 - Eduardo J. Padron, President, Miami Dade College (FL)
2007
William E. Cox, President/CEO, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Frank L. Matthews, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief,
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
James Moeser, Former Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Diana S. Natalicio, President, The University of Texas at El Paso
2005
Tomas Arciniega, President Emeritus, California State University-Bakersfield
Jacquelyn M. Belcher, President Emeritus, Georgia Perimeter College
Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis, Chancellor Emeritus, Indiana University-Bloomington
2003
Juliet V. Garcia, Former President, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Frank H.T. Rhodes, President Emeritus, Cornell University
John B. Slaughter, Former President and CEO, The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc.; Former Chancellor, University of Maryland College Park; and former President, Occidental University
Tom Joyner, Nationally Syndicated Radio Personality and Philanthropist
2001
Jewel Plummer Cobb, President and Professor of Biological Science Emerita, and Fullerton and Trustee Professor, California State University, Fullerton
James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr., Former Vice Chancellor for Educational and Student Development, Maricopa Community Colleges, and Research Professor, Arizona State University