The Jefferson Awards for Public Service

The Jefferson Awards for Public Service

Our Board of Selectors

The Jefferson Awards are run by the Board of Selectors. Members of the Board are leaders in every field of endeavor: government, the arts, education, entertainment, sports and business.


First Lady Laura Bush & Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Swann

U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton with Board Members Jack Russi, Lee Carter, Robert Sakowitz, and Doug Adams

Peyton Manning, Jefferson Award recipient, with Board Members U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, George Ball and Ellen Burstyn

Board Member Kathleen Kennedy Townsend with Commercial Appeal winner Stevie Moore

Board Member Roger Horchow with national recipient Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Teresa Heinz Kerry with PG&E executive, Ophelia Basgal, and JA Champion Lee Nave

Selectors Include:

Hank Aaron
Douglas C. Adams
Norm Asbjornson
George L. Ball
Susan H. Ball
Corbin Bernsen
Hon. Julian Bond
Hon. Peter G. Bourne
William Burleigh
Ellen Burstyn
Laura W. Bush
W. Russell Byers, Jr.
Lee Ault Carter
Deanna Castellini
Hon. Max Cleland
Cris Collinsworth
Tatiana B. Copeland
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Albert R. Dowden
Hon. Harold E. Ford, Jr.
Hon. William H. Frist, M.D.
Patrick J. Geraghty
Whoopi Goldberg
Earl Graves, Sr.
Paula M. Grigsby
Roger Horchow
Teresa Heinz Kerry
Dr. Mary King
Thomas B. King
Janet Lang
Alex Lopez-Negrete
Hon. Trent Lott
Ronnie Lott
Hon. Richard Lugar
Patricia M. Lyons
Brent Magid
Paul Maslansky
Peter Max
Jewell Jackson McCabe
Scott McClelland
Hon. Mitch McConnell
Charlene McMann
David P. Nicoli
Doug Poretz
Robert C. Provost
Hon. Harry Reid
Hon. Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
Mario Rodriguez
Elliott Roosevelt, III
Jack Russi
Robert Sakowitz
Scott Seaman
Neil Simon
Dr. Jane Smith
Lesley Stahl
George Strawbridge, Jr.
Jacob V. Stuart
Blair Taylor
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
Cicely Tyson
Chris Wallace
Hon. Harris Wofford