Established Leaders Category
Leaders whose track record of accomplishments is substantial and who, in the jury’s judgement, are likely to continue to make important, positive contributions in their chosen field.
Jamila Afghani
Jamila Afghani, Afghanistan
2015 WINNER
Educating Afghani Imams about Women’s Rights
Yevgenia Albats
Yevgenia Albats, USA
2022 WINNER
Reporting hard truths to protect democratic values
Rodrigo Rubido Alonso
Rodrigo Rubido Alonso, Brazil
2017 WINNER
Building Communities and Fulfilling Dreams
Antonella Battaglini
Antonella Battaglini, Germany
2015 GLOBAL LEADER
Finding Ways for Business and Renewables to Work Together
Pashtana Durrani
Pashtana Durrani, Afghanistan
2021 EMERGING LEADER
Promotes Digital Literacy for Children and Trains Girls in Menstrual Hygiene Management & Reproductive Health
Sylvia A. Earle
Sylvia A. Earle, USA
2020 WINNER
Saving the Oceans to Save the Planet
Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica
2016 WINNER
The Innovative Diplomacy that Led to the Paris Agreement
Jared Genser
Jared Genser, USA
2020 WINNER
Freeing Political Prisoners Worldwide
Jason Glaser
Jason Glaser
2015 GLOBAL LEADER
Building a Global Campaign Against Chronic Kidney Disease
Anne Goldfeld
Anne Goldfeld
2019 WINNER
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Chido Govera
Chido Govera, Zimbabwe
2022 EMERGING LEADER
Developing resilient communities through food security
Saul Griffith
Saul Griffith
2019 WINNER
Australian American Scientist, Inventor, and Entrepreneur
Becca Heller
Becca Heller
2017 WINNER
Enforcing Legal and Human Rights for Refugees
Martin Von Hildebrand
Martin Von Hildebrand, Colombia
2015 WINNER
Helping the Planet Breathe
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda
2022 WINNER
Developing new approaches to human/wildlife health
Sunitha Krishnan
Sunitha Krishnan, India
2016 WINNER
Fighting Sex Trafficking and Helping Victims to Recover Their Lives
Faustin Linyekula
Faustin Linyekula, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019 WINNER
Dancer and Choreographer, Director and Storyteller
Lala Lovera
Lala Lovera, Venezuela
2022 EMERGING LEADER
Fighting for the inclusion of migrants in host communities
Thuli Madonsela
Thuli Madonsela, South Africa
2016 GLOBAL LEADER
Social Justice, Democracy and Good Governance in South Africa
Elias Mastoras
Elias Mastoras, Greece
2022 EMERGING LEADER
Reimagining football to include visually impaired kids in play
Sam Muller
Sam Muller, The Netherlands
2022 WINNER
Making justice systems deliver for everyone
Tero Mustonen
Tero Mustonen, Finland
2021 WINNER
Climate Scholar who Combines Indigenous Knowledge with Academic Research to Protect and Restore Biocultural Diversity
Christian Ntizimira
Christian Ntizimira, Rwanda
2021 EMERGING LEADER
Bringing Equity and Dignity to Palliative Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan
2018 WINNER
Global Filmmaker and Story-teller
Fiorenzo Omenetto
Fiorenzo Omenetto, Italy
2017 WINNER
Replacing Plastics with Silk
PCRC
Plateforme des Confessions Religieuses de Centrafrique, Central African Republic
2018 WINNER
Clerics Working to Overcome Religious and Civil Strife
Nithya Ramanathan
Nithya Ramanathan, USA
2020 WINNER
Leveraging Technology to Save Lives
