ALF Exemplary Leaders*
2012
Bruce Bochy
San Francisco Giants Manager
2011
Dr. Steven Chu
U.S. Secretary of Energy
2010
James C. (Jim Morgan)
Chairman Emeritus, Applied Materials and Co-founder, Northern Sierra Partnership
2008
Dolores Huerta
President of The Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-founder of United Farm Workers Union (UFW)
2007
Norman Y. Mineta
Vice Chairman of Hill & Knowlton and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
2005
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret)
former U.S. Secretary of State and former White House Chief of Staff
2004
Leon Panetta
Director of the Panetta Institute and former White House Chief of Staff
2003
Richard and Jing Lyman
President Emeritus of Stanford University
Board President of National Coalition for Women's Enterprise
2002
James Joseph
Former Ambassador to South Africa
2001
Linda Darling-Hammond
Professor, Stanford School of Education
1999
Susan Hammer
former Mayor of San Jose
1998
Bill Perry
former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Co-founder, ESL
1997
Bill Cilker
Community Leader and Founder of Cilker Orchards
1996
David Packard
Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Hewlett-Packard
1995
Tony Ridder
CEO, Knight Ridder
1994
Lee Brown
Director of the National Office of Drug Control Policy
1993
Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator
1992
Bill Hewlett
Co-founder and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
1991
Donald Kendall
former Chairman of PepsiCo
1990
John Gardner
former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Founder of Common Cause, Founder of Independent Sector,
Founder of the White House Fellows Program
