
Katie Couric, 2002
American Journalist, Producer, Author, Cancer Advocate, Podcast Host and Documentary Filmmaker

Rita Dove, 2003
First African-American Poet Laureate of the United States

Sandra Day O'Connor, 2004
First Woman Named to the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice 1981 - 2006, Arizona State Senator

Caroline Kennedy, 2005
First Daughter of President John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Author, Attorney, U.S. Diplomat

Donna Brasile, 2006
American political strategist, campaign manager, political analyst, author

Lesley Visser, 2007
American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter

Erin Gruwell, 2008
Executive Director at the Freedom Writers Foundation, Educator, Author, Social Activist, Podcaster

Kimberley Dozier, 2009
American Journalist

Anna Quindlen, 2010
American author, journalist, and opinion columnist

Melanne Verveer, 2011
US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues under President Obama; Author; Executive Director of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Maureen Orth, 2012
American tabloid reporter, author, and a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine

Senator OIympia Snowe, 2013
American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013

Tina Brown, 2014
Journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host, and author

Dr. Sylvia Earle, 2015
Famed American Marine Biologist and National Geographic Explorer, President and Chairman of Mission Blue / The Sylvia Earle Alliance

Nikki Giovanni, 2016
American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator

Val Ackerman, 2017
Commissioner of the Big East Conference; first president of the WNBA; Attorney; former basketball player.

Emily Rafferty, 2018
President Emerita of The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Board member of the New York Federal Reserve Bank 2011-2017, (Chair, 2012-2016), and Senior Adviser for Heritage Protection and Conservation for UNESCO, 2015-2017

Dr. Deborah McCauley, 2019
Founder of VIEW (Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife); wildlife veterinarian and social entrepreneur

Dr. Vivian Pinn
Pioneer in Women’s Medicine

Sonja Hoel Perkins, 2022
Venture Capitalist
Sandra Wicks Lewis
Investment Advisor/Banker, Philanthropist, One of the “Charlottesville Twelve”




















