by David Bruce Smith, Founding Father of the Grateful American™ Foundation
by Bob Schneider, musician, songwriter, and artist based in Austin, Texas
by Larry Kramer, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
by Mary Wise, PhD Candidate in History at the University of Iowa
by Judy Lindquist, 59 years old, Educator and Author and 2018-19 Teacher Advisory Council member
by Brianna Whitney, 18, Student
by James Hackett, CEO, Alta Mesa Resources
by Bill Carbone, Vice President of Education, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation
by Grace Momberger, speech-language pathologist
by Deborah Jung, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District
by Julia Nguyen, historian and grant-maker
by James Hackett, CEO, Alta Mesa Resources
by Brooke Andrade, Director of the Library, National Humanities Center
by Steven Van Zandt, musician (E Street Band), actor (The Sopranos), and founder of Rock & Roll Forever Foundation
by Catherine Newell, assistant professor of religious studies, University of Miami & The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
by Esther Mackintosh, President of the Federation of State Humanities Councils
by Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles in 2014