Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala

The Inter-American Dialogue’s Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala celebrates individuals and organizations committed to advancing democratic governance, social equity and prosperity in the Western Hemisphere. The annual event brings together top world leaders whose exceptional contributions have been instrumental in addressing the pressing challenges of our hemisphere. More than 400 guests attend the gala, comprising an elite audience from the highest levels of government, business, media and civil society.

2023 GALA                                                                          2022 GALA  

 

2021 GALA                                                                           2019 GALA   

2018 GALA                                                                           2017 GALA   

2016 GALA                                                                           2015 GALA   

2014 GALA

Testimonials

“The Dialogue is so important in its gathering of the great minds of this hemisphere to grapple with the relationships that have such deep roots but can always be stronger.”

– Senator Tim Kaine, Distinguished Leadership Award for Public Service 2014

“The Dialogue has had a very strong influence on some of the major and positive trends in Colombia and the hemisphere in the last decades. …the progress in fighting poverty, the progress in the rule of law, and what we have achieved are very compatible with what the Dialogue has always defended: economic growth and integration, democracy and the rule of law, and social equity.”

– Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Peace Prize and President of Colombia, Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Peace 2016

“[The Dialogue] may well be the most influential organization in Washington – reaching out to the Americas. I came to appreciate its steady commitment to illuminate what is happening in the Americas and the ways and means through which we may join forces in favor of a democratic, peaceful and more prosperous world.”

– Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Former President of Brazil, Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award 2017

 

Previous Honorees

2022

Luiza Trajano |  Chairman of Magazine Luiza & Chair of Grupo Mulheres do Brasil | Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award for Social Equity

Pierpaolo Barbieri  |  Chairman of Magazine Luiza & Chair of Grupo Mulheres do Brasil | Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award for Social Equity

2021
Feliciano Reyna  |  Founder & Executive President, Acción Solidaria  |  Distinguished Leadership Award
for Humanitarian Service

Blanca Treviño  |  CEO, Softtek | Distinguished Leadership Award for Civic Engagement

 

2019
National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Social Equity

Cirque Du Soleil  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Corporate Citizenship

Alejandro Ramirez  |  President, Fundación Cinepolis & Mexicanos Primeros  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Civic Engagement

 

2018
Daniel Servitje  |  Chairman & CEO, Grupo Bimbo  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Corporate Social Responsibility

Esperanza Cueto  |  Co-Founder, ComunidadMujer & President, Fundación Colunga Distinguished Leadership Award for Women’s Rights and Empowerment

Richard Blanco  |  Poet |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Cultural Contribution

 

2017
H.E. Fernando Henrique Cardoso  |  Former President of Brazil  |  Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

 

H.E. Luis Alberto Moreno  |  President, Inter-American Development Bank  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Social Equity

Roberto Murray Meza  |  Chairman, Grupo AGRISAL & Founding President, Fundemas  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Civic Engagement

Luis von Ahn  |  Co-Founder & CEO, reCAPTCHA & Duolingo Computer Science Professor, Carnegie Mellon University  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Innovation and Social Impact

2016
H.E. Juan Manuel Santos  | 
President of Colombia  |  Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Peace

H.E. Enrique García  |  President, CAF-Development Bank of America  |  Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

BMW Group  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Corporate Social Responsibility

 

2015
H.E. Felipe González  |  Former President of the Government of Spain  |  Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award

Daniel Chávez Morán  |  Founder, Grupo Vidanta & Fundación Vidanta  |  Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award

 

2014
Salvador Paiz  |  Co-Chairman, Grupo PDC & Chair, FunSEPA  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Civic Engagement

The Honorable Tim Kaine  |  US Senator, Virginia  |  Distinguished Leadership Award for Public Service in the Americas

 

 

 
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