On November 17, 2020, Keystone is celebrating its 27th year of honoring leaders who embody the spirit and tenor of Keystone Policy Center’s collaborative decision-making and inclusive, bipartisan approach to addressing society’s most pressing science and policy related challenges across the energy, health, agriculture, and education sectors. Each of the following outstanding individuals has contributed to their fields and overall society by demonstrating the values and overall approach to creating change through collaboration, reaching across the aisle, and ensuring that all issues, perspectives, and voices are heard.
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
Alexandra Garcia, Chief Program Officer
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
