Outstanding American by Choice is an award given to

naturalized Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the in ...

United States citizens "who have achieved ..extraordinary things" by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency of the

US Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...

(DHS). It was established in January 2006 by Emilio T. Gonzalez, then the director of USCIS. As of 2018, about 130 awards have been given.

Awardees

2006

*Marina Belotserkovsky, Soviet-born; Director of Russian Communications and Community Outreach at the

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees. It was originally established in 1881 to aid Jewish refugees. In 1975, the State Department ...

. *José Luis Betancourt, Mexico-born and raised in Texas; Rear-Admiral of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

. *Guarione M. Diaz, Cuban-born; President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cuban American National Council. *

Carlos M. Gutierrez Carlos Miguel Gutierrez (originally Gutiérrez; born November 4, 1953) is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of EmPath. Gutierrez is a former Chairman of the ...

, Cuban-born; U.S. Secretary of Commerce. *

Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad ( ps, ځلمی خلیل زاد, prs, زلمی خلیل‌زاد; born March 22, 1951) is an Afghan-American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to serve as U.S. Specia ...

, Afghan-born;

United States Ambassador to Iraq This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq. * Alexander K. Sloan (1931) – ''Chargé d'Affaires'' * Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942) – ''Minister'' * Thomas M. Wilson (1942) – ''Minister ...

. *

Renu Khator Renu Khator is the fifth chancellor of the University of Houston System (UH System) and the thirteenth president of the University of Houston. In 2008, she became the first female chancellor in the state of Texas and the first Indian immigrant to ...

, Indian-born; Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is ...

. * Tom Lantos, Hungarian-born; member of the U.S. House of Representatives. * Guillermo Linares, Dominican-born; Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs for New York City. *Caitriona Lyons, Irish-born; Refugee Program Coordinator for the State of Texas. *

Jose E. Martinez Jose E. Martinez (born July 28, 1941) is an Law of the United States, American lawyer and a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Early life and educat ...

, Dominican-born; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. *

Mel Martínez Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 200 ...

, Cuban-born; member of the U.S. Senate. *Gepsie M. Metellus, Haitian-born; Executive Director of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center. *Clementine M. Msengi, Rwandan-born; Founder and Executive Director of the Bright Move Network. *Anne M. O'Callaghan, Irish-born; executive director of the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians. *

Eduardo J. Padrón Eduardo José Padrón (born June 26, 1944) is President Emeritus of Miami Dade College (MDC). An economist by training, Padrón earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. After serving as a faculty member at MDC, he became the school's presid ...

, Cuban-born; President of Miami Dade College. * Kiran C. Patel, Zambian-born; Chairman of the Patel Foundation for Global Understanding. *Marion P. Primomo, German-born; Physician, Hospice and Palliative Medicine. *

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She wa ...

, Cuban-born; member of the U.S. House of Representatives. * John F. Timoney, Irish-born; Chief of Police of the

Miami Police Department The Miami Police Department (MPD), also known as the City of Miami Police Department, is a full-service municipal law enforcement agency serving Miami, Florida. MPD is the largest municipal police department in Florida. MPD officers are distingu ...

. * Fang A. Wong, Chinese-born; Special Operations Specialist with L3 Communications at ILEX Systems.

2007

* Eduardo Aguirre, Cuban-born; United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra. *Rasul Alsalih, Iraqi-born; United States Air Force. *Oluwasina Awolusi, Nigerian-born; United States Air Force. *Cristina V. Beato, Cuban-born; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health at the

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is " ...

. *Katja Bullock, German-born; Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel in The White House. *

Josefina Carbonell Josefina G. Carbonell is a Cuban-born American government official. She was the third Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was appointed by President Bush in 200 ...

, Cuban-born; Assistant Secretary for Aging at the

. *

Franklin Chang Diaz Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral div ...

, Costa Rican-born; astronaut. * Manuel A. Diaz, Cuban-born; Mayor of

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

. *Manuel Dominguez, Cuban-born; United States Air Force. *Ricardo Ernst, Venezuelan-born; professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

McDonough School of Business The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, commonly shorted to the McDonough School of Business and abbreviated as the MSB, is the business school of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1957, it grants both undergraduate and ...

. * Emilio Estefan, Cuban-born; musician, producer, entrepreneur. *

Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been ...

, Mexican-born; singer-songwriter. *Luis Glaser, Austrian-born; Professor of Biology and Special Assistant to the President at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

. *

Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian; fa, وارتان گرگوریان (April 8, 1934 – April 15, 2021) was an Armenian-American academic, educator, and historian. He served as president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1997 to 2021. An Armenian born in Ira ...

, Iranian-born; President of the

Carnegie Corporation of New York The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establis ...

. * Farooq Kathwari, Indian-born; Chairman and CEO of

Ethan Allen Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for ...

. *

M.J. Khan Masrur Javed "M.J." Khan (born May 1, 1950) is a Pakistani American and former Houston City Council member.Dooley, Tara. "Khan inspires Muslims with election to council." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday, December 13, 2003. Religion p. 1. NewsBank R ...

, Pakistani-born; Houston City Council Member. *

Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr. Alfonso "Al" Martinez-Fonts Jr. is a businessperson who was the assistant secretary for the Private Sector Office at the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2005 until April 2009, and former executive vice president of the ...

, Cuban-born; Assistant Secretary of the Private Sector Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. *

Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

, Mexican-born; director/screenwriter. *

Indra Nooyi Indra Nooyi (née Krishnamurthy; born October 28, 1955) is an Indian-American business executive and former chief executive officer and chairperson of PepsiCo. She has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women. In 2014, sh ...

, Indian-born; Chairman and chief executive officer of

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...

. *Tze Ng, Hong Kong-born; entrepreneur. *Miguel Orozco, Ecuadorian-born; community leader. * Dina Powell, Egyptian-born; Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs at the

U.S. Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the country's fore ...

. *Anna Prager, Polish-born; civic leader. *Mitzie A. Robinson, Jamaican-born; United States Coast Guard. *Samuel G. Saldívar, Mexican-born; Professor emeritus at the

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

. * John Shalikashvili, Polish-born; General in the United States Army. * Peter W. Schramm, Hungarian-born; Executive Director of the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs and Professor of Political Science at

Ashland University Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with The ...

. *Abida S. Shoyeb, Pakistani-born; Officer for the South Atlantic District Veterinary Command of the United States Army. *

Antonio Taguba Antonio Mario Taguba (born October 31, 1950) is a retired major general in the United States Army. He was the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the United States Army. Taguba is best known for ...

, Filipino-born; Major-General in the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

. *Van T. Thai, Vietnamese-born; United States Air Force.

2008

* Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-born;

United States Secretary of Transportation The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secre ...

. * James S. C. Chao, Chinese-born; founder of the

Foremost Group Foremost Group is a privately held American shipping company, headquartered in New York City. It operates globally, chartering vessels to companies in the dry bulk shipping industry. Its clients include Bunge (St. Louis, MO), Cargill (Minnetonka ...

. *

Anh Duong Anh Duong (born 25 October 1960) is a French-American artist, actress, and model. She is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers. Early life D ...

, Vietnamese-born; Science Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy at the Pentagon. *

John Fugh Major General John Liu Fugh (; ; September 12, 1934 – May 11, 2010) was the first Chinese American to attain general officer status in the U.S. Army. He was of Manchu descent. He was the 33rd Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army. Early li ...

, Chinese-born; United States Army. * Andy García, Cuban-born; actor. *

Abul Hussam Abul Hussam is the inventor of the Sono arsenic filter. He is a chemistry professor at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, and a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Life and career Huss ...

, Bangladeshi-born; professor at

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

. *

Rosario Marin Rosario Marin (born April 4, 1958) is a Mexican-American politician who served as the 41st Treasurer of the United States from August 16, 2001, to June 30, 2003, serving under President George W. Bush. She is the first person since William Clar ...

, Mexican-born; Treasurer of the United States. *

Elsa Murano Elsa Alina Murano (' Casales; born August 14, 1959) is the former President of Texas A&M University. Dr. Murano currently serves as Director of the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture & Development at Texas A&M University's ...

, Cuban-born; President of Texas A&M University. *Robert Olton, Barbadian-born; United States Army. * Charles Simic, Serbian-born; Poet Laureate of the United States. * Albio Sires, Cuban-born; member of the U.S. House of Representatives. *Ramel Turic, Bosnian-born; United States Army. *Duncan Wardle, British-born; Vice President Global Public Relations for Disney Parks. *

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...

, Romanian-born; writer. *Donald Zacherl, Canadian-born; United States Army.

2009

* Joseph Cao, Vietnamese-born; member of the U.S. House of Representatives. *

Subir Chowdhury Subir Chowdhury ( bn, সুবীর চৌধুরী; born 12 January 1967) is the author of 15 books and noted for his work in Quality (business)#Market sector perspectives, quality and management. He is currently the chairman and CEO of ASI ...

, Bangladeshi-born; author of management books. *Eartha Dengler, German-born; Founder of the Immigrant City Archives. * Maria Hinojosa, Mexican-born; journalist and author. *

Peter C. Lemon Peter Charles Lemon (born June 5, 1950) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. He received the award for his actions on April 1, 1970, while serving in Tâ ...

, Canadian-born; United States Army. *Eva A. Millona, Albanian-born; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. *Virginia M. C. da Mota, Portuguese-born; educator. *Eskinder Negash, Ethiopian-born; Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

2010

*Patrick Corvington, Haitian-born; CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. *Kawther Elmi, Ethiopian-born; Park Ranger for the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

. *Oscar Bautista Hilman, Filipino-born; United States Army. *Ledum Ndaanee, Nigerian-born; U.S. Marine Corps. * Stephan Ross, Polish-born; Founder of the New England Holocaust Memorial. *

Tibor Rubin Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war ...

, Hungarian-born; United States Army. * Rangita de Silva de Alwis, born in Sri Lanka; Director of the International Human Rights Policy at

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

. *Samuel So (academic), Samuel So, born in ?; professor at Stanford University.

2011

Madeleine K. Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

, Czech-born; former U.S. Secretary of State. *Joseph A. Banco, Jr., Yugoslavian-born; Associate Chief of U.S. Border Patrol at the

U.S. Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilit ...

. *

Omar Cruz Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates: Players Carter Bins Carter Bins (born October 7, 1998) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Bins attended Angelo Ro ...

, born in ?; Federal Emergency Management Agency. *Arturo E. Howard, Colombian-born; U.S. Coast Guard. *Betty Nguyen Phillips, Vietnamese-born; U.S. Secret Service. *Alma Plancich, Croatian-born; Executive Director of the Ethnic Heritage Council. *Nawar Shora, Syrian-born; Transportation Security Administration. *

Gerda Weissmann Klein Gerda Weissmann Klein (May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, ''All but My Life'' (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, ''One Survivor Re ...

, Polish-born; Founder of Citizenship Counts. *Aster Zeleke, Ethiopian-born; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

2012

*Christopher Che; President and CEO of the Che International Group. *Anni Chung, Hong Kong-born; President and Chief Executive Officer at Self Help for the Elderly. *

Ping Fu Ping Fu (born 1958) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. , she is the Vic ...

, Chinese-born; President and CEO of Geomagic. *

Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini (;Pashto/Dari ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan Americans, Afghan-American novelist, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel ''The Kite Runner'' (2003) wa ...

, Afghan-born; diplomat. *

Michael Moritz Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz (born 12 September 1954) is a Welsh billionaire venture capitalist, philanthropist, author, and former journalist. Moritz works for Sequoia Capital, wrote the first history of Apple Inc., ''The Little Kingdom'', an ...

, British-born; Partner at

Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in private companies across technology sectors. , Sequoia's total a ...

. *

Maria Otero Maria Otero (born 1950) was the first holder of the office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights from January 15, 2012 through February 4, 2013. She also served as the President's Special Coordinator for Tibetan ...

, Bolivian-born; Under Secretary Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. * Shervin Pishevar Iranian-born; Managing Director of

Menlo Ventures Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with an additional office in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded as one of the earliest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley in 1976 and provides technology ...

. * Jan Vilček, Czech-born; academic. * Vivek Wadhwa, Indian-born; Academic, researcher, writer and entrepreneur.

2013

*Ferozan Alamshahi Akbari, Afghan-born; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. *Pearl B. Chang, Chinese-born; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. *John A. Herrera, Cuban-born; Senior Vice President for Latino Hispanic Affairs at the Self-Help Services Corporation. *

Rahul M. Jindal Rahul M. Jindal (born June 16, 1955) is an Indian–American transplant surgeon, professor, humanitarian and author. In 2008, he set up a renal replacement therapy program which led to the only comprehensive kidney transplant and dialysis prog ...

, Indian-born; surgeon. *Olga B. Koper, Polish-born; Market Manager for the

Battelle Memorial Institute Battelle Memorial Institute (more widely known as simply Battelle) is a private nonprofit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Battelle is a charitable trust organized as a nonprofit corporation u ...

. *Ramon Melocarela, Dominican-born; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. *Anna Mongayt, Russian-born; Co-founder and Head of Operations at Upstart. * Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mexican-born; neurosurgeon. *Amarpreet S. Sawhney, Indian-born; President and CEO of Ocular Therapeutix. * Sivalingam Sivananthan, Sri Lankan-born; academic. *Tsehaye Teferra, Ethiopian-born; Founder and President of the Ethiopian Community Development Council.

2014

* José Andrés, Spanish-born; chef. * John Lukacs, Hungarian-born; historian. *

Alejandro Mayorkas Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American government official and attorney who has been serving as the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security since February 2, 2021. During the Obama administration, h ...

, Cuban-born; Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

2015

Maria Contreras-Sweet Maria Contreras-Sweet (born 1955) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as the 24th Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2014 to 2017. She was the executive chairwoman and founder of ProAméric ...

, Mexican-born; Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. *Mercy A. Diez, United States Army. *Daniel Finn, Irish-born; Catholic priest. *Larry La, Vietnamese-born; Principal of the Meiwah Restaurant Group. *

Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", he spent most ...

, Panamian-born; former baseball pitcher for the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

. * Thalía, Mexican-born; singer-songwriter, actress. *Alberto Vasallo, Jr., Cuban-born; Founder of ''El Mundo'' newspaper.

2016

*Julian Chun-Chung Chow, Taiwanese-born; professor at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. *Hesung Chun Koh, South Korean-born; former chair and president of the East Rock Institute. * Florent Groberg, French-born; United States Army. * Antonia Hernández, Mexican-born; President and CEO of the California Community Foundation. *

Uri D. Herscher Uri D. Herscher (born March 14, 1941) is an American rabbi and academic, who founded and serves as CEO of the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Early life and education Born in Tel Aviv to parents who fled Germany in the mid-1930s, in 19 ...

, Israeli-born; President and CEO of the

Skirball Cultural Center The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California. The center, named after philanthropist-couple Jack H. Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis, features a museum with regularly changing exh ...

. *

Sally Jewell Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell (born February 21, 1956) is a British-American businessperson who served as the 51st United States secretary of the interior in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. Jewell was born in London and moved ...

, British-born; former U.S. Secretary of the Interior. *

Samantha Power Samantha Jane Power (born September 21, 1970) is an American journalist, diplomat and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th ...

, Irish-born; diplomat. *Johan E. Uvin, Belgian-born; U.S. Department of Education.

2017

*Marisol A. Chalas, U.S. Army Reserve. * Meb Keflezighi, Eritrean-born; long-distance runner.

References

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