University for a Night 2010
David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award

Working together with others -- creating effective partnerships -- has been at the center of my business career and all of my civic involvements. I believe it is the only realistic way to achieve positive and enduring change.
-- David Rockefeller at University for a Night 2003
 


Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, accepts the 2006 Bridging Leadership Award via video

Each year, University for a Night participants honor a person and/or organization that exemplify what the evening stands for -- working together for the common good. The first such honoree was David Rockefeller, for whom this award is named.

2010 Honorees

  • Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Unite
  • Zainab Salbi, Founder, Women for Women International

2009 Honorees

  • Kofi Annan, Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and Founder and Chair, Kofi Annan Foundation
  • Sheela Patel, Founder and Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres, and Chair, Shack/Slum Dwellers International

2008 Honorees

  • Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
  • Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC

2007 Honorees

  • Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
  • Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates Sr., Co-Chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2006 Honorees

  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
  • Ted Turner, Founder and Chairman, United Nations Foundation

2005 Honorees

  • Corazon C. Aquino, Chairperson, Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Foundation and former President of the Philippines
  • James D. Wolfensohn, Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement and former President of the World Bank

2004 Honorees

  • John C. Whitehead, Chairman of the Board, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
  • Foundation for Community Development of Mozambique

2003 Honoree

  • David Rockefeller

Positions listed are those held at time of event