Awards and
Recognition

2007

  • Mark Kline, M.D. Baylor College of Medicine, International Pediatric AIDS Initiative

2008

  • Friedrich Soltan – UN Sustainable Development Officer, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Joan Dodd – COO Sunlight Solar, Inc. (Houston)

2009

  • David Bosco, author, Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of theModern World

2010

  • Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor, UN Foundation

2011

  • Esther Brimmer, US Asst. Secretary of State for International Affairs

2013

  • Hon. Aaron Sherinian, Vice-President UN Foundation

2014

  • Hon. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for UN Secretary General

2015

  • Hon. Robert Faucher, Officer of International Organizations, US Dept. of State

2016

  • Simon Henshaw, Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

2017

  • Mary Beth Goodman, Senior Consultant, World Bank

2018

  • Jonathan Ryan, Exec. Director, RAICES

2019

  • Leslee Udwin, Founder & CEO of THINK EQUAL2012 Patrick Madden, Exec. Director UNA/USA

Lifetime Achievement Award

2012

  • Dr. Anna Louise Bruner

2013

  • Carol GroppeMarch

2014

  •  Vincent Maggio

2015

  • Henry Horne, Jr.

2016

  • Sunny TangWorld Refugee Day

2017

  • Hon. William J Cunningham
  • Patricia Cunningham

2018

  • David Timms
  • Sara Timms

Global Impact Award

2012

  • University of St. Thomas, Dr. Robert Ivany, President

2013

  • University of Houston, Dr. Renu Khator, Chancellor

2014

  • Ambassador Edward P Djerejian, Founder & Director, Baker Institute of Public Policy

2015

  • Her Excellency Cynthia Shepard Perry, US Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Burundi

Global Citizen Corporate Award

2016

  • Schlumberger Limited, Jean-François Poupeau, Exec. Vice-President

2017

  • Vinmar International, Vijay Goradia, Founder & Chairman

2018

  • Chevron Corporation, Telisa Toliver, Senior Vice-President Business Development & Strategy

Global Citizen Community Award

2017

  • Oni K. Blair, Executive Director LINK, Houston
  • Wea H. Lee, Chairman, Southern News Group Houston
  • Dr. Bandula Wijay, Ambassador of Science Technology & Innovation, Sri Lanka CEO LeoMed LLC, and BinLab, Inc. Houston

2018

  • Jim McIngvale, President, Gallery Furniture
  • Senfronia Thompson, Texas State Representative, District 141

2019

  • Harry Gee, Jr. Immigration Lawyer, Gee, and Zhang, LLP
  • Paula McCann Harris, Director of Global Stewardship/Educational Programming, Schlumberger