Keystone Leadership Awards – Past Recipients

2023

• Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), U.S. House of Representatives
• Jay Faison, Founder, ClearPath
• Duane Highley, CEO, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
• Norah O’Donnell, Anchor and Managing Editor, CBS Evening News
• Hon. Willie Phillips, Chairman, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2022

• Wolf Blitzer, CNN Anchor
• Scott Gottlieb, MD, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• Diane Regas, President and CEO, Trust for Public Land
• Frederick W. Smith, Executive Chairman, FedEx
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow, United States Senator, Michigan

2021

• Ben Fowke, Executive Chairman, Xcel Energy
• Paula R. Glover, President, Alliance to Save Energy
• Steve Mitnick, Executive Editor, Public Utilities Fortnightly
• Bob Woodward, Associate Editor, The Washington Post

2020

• Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, ABC News
• The Honorable, Jeanne Shaheen, United States Senator, New Hampshire
• Victoria Vasques, Founder and CEO, Tribal Tech
• World Central Kitchen

2019

• Senator Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate (R-Alaska)
• Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
• Bianna Golodryga, Contributor, CNN
• Luis Benitez, Vice President, Government Affairs & Global Impact, VF Corporation (Former Director, Colorado Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry)

2018

• The Hon. John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana
• Paula Gold-Williams, President and CEO of CPS Energy
• Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
• Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute

2017

• U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
• Kees Kruythoff, President, Unilever North America
• Anne Pramaggiore, President and CEO, ComEd
• Mark Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
• Chris Wallace, Anchor, Fox News Sunday

2016

• Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
• John Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund
• Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour
• The 51st State– an Initiative of SEPA, Wildlife Habitat Council, General Motors, Toyota
  North America

2015

• Doyle Beneby, CPS Energy
• Governor Jack Markell (D-DE)
• The Honorable Ernest Moniz, U.S. Department of Energy
• Ariela Rozman, The New Teacher Project
• Chuck Todd, NBC’s Meet the Press
• Cargill, Greenpeace and McDonald’s

2014

• Jennifer Howse, March of Dimes
• Muhtar Kent, The Coca-Cola Company
• Tom King, National Grid
• Anthony Malkin, Empire State Realty Trust
• Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)

2013

• Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO)
• Sandy Reisky de Dubnic, Apex Wind Energy
• Paul Hudson, AstraZeneca
• Arne Sorenson, Marriott International

2012

• Drew Altman, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• Marilyn Black, Air Quality Sciences, Inc. & GREEN
• GUARD Environmental Institute
• Louis R. Chênevert, United Technologies
• Robert N. Downey, Goldman Sachs
• Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

2011

• Christine Eibs-Singer, E + Co
• Administrator Lisa Jackson, U.S. EPA
• Joel I. Klein, News Corporation
• John W. Rowe, Exelon
• Clinton A. Vince, SNR Denton

2010

• Terrance Carroll, Speaker of the House
• Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart Stores
• Gwen Ifill, Washington Week
• Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
• Robert Socolow, Princeton University

2009

• Hugh Grant, Monsanto
• David Rockefeller, Sailors for the Sea
• George Stephanopoulos, ABC News
• Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)

2008

• Paul W. Hansen, The Nature Conservancy
• Jim Lehrer, PBS
• Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD)
• Jeffry Sterba, PNM Resources
• Gerald Wheeler, National Science Teachers Association

2007

• John Hofmeister, Shell Oil Company
• Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
• Carlo Parravano, Merck Institute for Science Education
• Peter A. Seligmann, Conservation International

2006

• John H. Adams, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Rodger Bybee, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
• Peter A. Darbee, PG&E Corporation
• Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
• Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-KA)

2005

• Anne H. Ehrlich, Stanford University
• Congresswoman Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
• Jane Nelson, Harvard University
• Nicholas L. Reding
• James E. Rogers, Cinergy

2004

• Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
• Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute
• Ralph Peterson, CH2M HILL Companies

2003

• Thomas C. Jorling, International Paper
• Teresa Heinz Kerry, Heinz Family Philanthropies
• Congressman James L. Oberstar (DFL-MN)
• William K. Reilly, Aqua International Partners

2002

• Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
• Daniel Ritchie, University of Denver
• Paul V. Tebo, DuPont
• Russell E. Train, World Wildlife Fund
• Marilyn Ware, American Water Works

2001

• Archie Dunham, Conoco
• Edward M. Gabriel, Former Ambassador to Morocco
• Patrick F. Noonan, The Conservation Fund
• Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA)
• Helge Wehmeier, Bayer USA

2000

• Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
• George Archibald, International Crane Foundation
• Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI)
• Responsible Care Initiative of the Chemical Manufacturers Association

1999

• Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
• John Brown, BP Amoco Corporation
• Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
• Sidney Taurel, Eli Lilly & Company

1998

• Kathryn S. Fuller, World Wildlife Fund
• Senator John Glenn (D-OH)
• Donald Kennedy, Stanford University
• Stephan Schmidheiny, ANOVA Holding Ag
• John F. Smith, Jr., General Motors Corporation

1997

• Bob Burt, FMC Corporation
• Senator John Chafee
• Mildred McClain, Citizens for Environmental Justice

1996

• Mayor Norman Rice (Seattle, WA)
• John Sawhill, The Nature Conservancy
• Congressman William J. Tauzin (R-LA)
• Edgar S. Woolard, DuPont

1995

• Senator Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
• H. Laurance Fuller, Amoco Corporation
• Professor Florence Taylor Robinson

1994

• Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary
• Frank Popoff, Dow Chemical
• Gustave Speth, U.N. Development Administrator