Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, eliminated student loans for eligible undergraduates and has increased undergraduate financial aid by 78 percent. She has recruited eminent, multidisciplinary teacher-scholars to Penn

Dee Delaney of Pittsburgh, PA has worked for 20 years to provide systemic change and foster community inclusion for children and adults with disabilities in southwestern Pennsylvania. During her tenure as the FISA Foundation Executive Director, grants totaling over $17 million were distributed in...

Estelle Richman of Philadelphia, PA is an exceptional leader in the area of human services, and began her job as Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2010. Prior to this federal appointment, she was named by Governor Edward G. Rendell to become the fi...

Holly Brubach of Pittsburgh, PA is an internationally known journalist, author and leader in the arts, architecture and design. Described as

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of Philadelphia, PA is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Director of its Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ame...

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Suzanne Fisher Staples of Nicholson, PA has devoted her life to promoting international understanding through literature, most effectively through her award-winning novels for young adults base on her 13 years experience as a foreign news correspondent in South Asia for UPI and as an editor for t...

Terry Gross of Philadelphia, PA is the host and co-executive producer of the interview program Fresh Air, which is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia and heard on more than 500 NPR stations. Her book All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artistswas published by Hyperi...