This award is presented to individuals whose contribution to the understanding of and/or practice of effective leadership are significant and have resulted in extraordinary impact which transcends national boundaries. Recipients bestowed the Distinguished Leadership Award serve as inspiring examples to all who labor to make positive change in this world.
Honorees are typically recognized in person at the Annual ILA Global Conference.
The Right Honourable Kim Campbell
Canada’s nineteenth and first female Prime Minister
John, Lord Alderdice
Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
George Papandreou
Former Prime Minister of Greece (2009-2011)
James Joseph
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Warren Bennis
Leadership scholar
Manfred Kets de Vries
Leadership scholar, professor, and consultant
Georgia Sorenson
Founding Director, Academy of Leadership and leadership scholar
Larraine Matusak
Former Director, WK Kellogg Foundation leadership programs
James MacGregor Burns
Leadership scholar and Pulitzer Prize winning author
Fire Department of New York
Frances Hesselbein
Founder, Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management
US Representative John Lewis, Georgia
Civil Rights leader
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Online: 6-7 October 2022
In-Person: 13-16 October 2022
Washington D.C., USA