2022

• Manisha Paudel, Equity Officer for the City of Des Moines (Nepal)
• Narayan Rizal, Lutheran Services of Iowa (Bhutan)
• Isabel Martinez Santos (Conn), Bi-lingual DOJ Representative and co-director at Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Mexico)
• Biak Thang, Family Liaison at West Des Moines Community Schools (Burma)
• Monica Paulina Vallejo, Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission (Ecuador)

2021

• Shaimaa Aly, Wells Fargo (Egypt)
• Harka Biswa, Dallas Center Grimes Community Schools (Bhutan)
• Ivania Gabriella Guerra Ceron, Please Pass the Love (El Salvador)
• Maria Corona, Executive Director at Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Ecuador)
• Luisita McBurney (Thompson), Filipino American Society of Iowa (Philippines)

2020

• Samuel Gabriel, Co-founder and executive director of Genesis Youth foundation (Liberia)
• 
Tijana Kudumovic, John Deere employee and founding member of the World and I resource group(Bosnia)
• Abigail Sui, Founding staff member of EMBARC (Myanmar)
• James Suong, Iowa Army National Guard and on the Commission of Asian Pacific Islander Affairs (Cambodia)
• Mohamed Sharif – Emerging Leader Award, student at DMACC (Somalia)
• W.T. and Edna M. Dahl Trust- recipient of the Dr. Judith Conlin Welcoming the World Award

2019

• Johnny Alcivar, Community Development, City of Des Moines (Ecuador)
• Elizabeth Balcarcel, Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (Mexico)
• Atul Gupta, Advanced Technologies Group (India)
• 
Mazahir Salih, Center for Worker Justice, Iowa City City Council (Sudan)
• 
Conlin Family Foundation, recipient of the Dr. Judith Conlin Welcoming the World Award

2018

• Barwaqo Aden, Assistant Director at Nisaa African Family Services (Somalia)
• Mirza Kudic, Owner of Mirza Kudic Photography (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 
Albert Liu, Director of International Business Development at Kent Pet Group (China)
• 
Robert Nishimwe, Emerging Leader Award, student at Georgetown University (Burundi)
• Trudy Holman Hurd, recipient of the Dr. Judith Conlin Welcoming the World Award

2017

• Sadagat Aliyeva, author, Library Assistant at the Clive Public Library (Azerbaijan)
• Nancy Mwirotsi, Founder at PI 515 (Kenya)
• Sanjita Pradhan, Program Director at the Greater Des Moines Partnership (Nepal)
• Harold and Carol Hill, recipients of the Dr. Judith Conlin Welcoming the World Award

2016

• Jane Agyeman, Director of Upward Bound at Iowa State University TRIO (Ghana)
• Kenia Calderon Ceron, Client Relations Director at Coopera (El Salvador)
• Alex Duong, Marketing and Communications Specialist at Mediacom (Vietnam)
• Lomoro Moses Santino (South Sudan)
• Samra Uzunovic Hiros, Health Promotions Coordinator at the American Lung Association (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2015

• Mone Aye, board president of EMBARC (Myanmar/Karen nation)
• Alejandra Vidal Soler Graham, Owner of South American Beef (Argentina)
• Nu Huynh, Executive Director of Iowa Asian Alliance (Vietnam)
• Serkan Usta, Artistic Director, Ballet DSM; School of Classical Ballet (Turkey)
• San Wong, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Rights (Singapore)

2014

• Tej Dhawan, Chief Data Officer at Principal (India)
• Aiddy Phomvisay (Laos)
• Claudia Schabel, President of Schabel Solutions (Brazil)
• Li Zhao Mandelbaum, Owner, China Iowa Group (China)

2013

• Himar Hernandez Santana, Community & Economic Development, ISU Extension (Canary Islands)
• Dekow Sagar, Lecturer at the University of Kansas (Somalia)
• Sandra Sanchez, Iowa Immigrants’ Voice Program Director at American Friends Service Committee (Mexico)
• Grace Zhenhaun Yang, Marketing Specialist at Bankers Trust (China)

2012

• Sachiko Murphy, educator, retired (Japan)
Rizwan Shah, Physician, retired (Pakistan)
• Hicham Sibouih, Vice President of Programs at the Refugee Resource Center (Morocco)
• Phoukham Tran, DSM Police, retired (Laos)

2011

• Ahmed Merchant, CEO of Merchant Investments, Inc (Pakistan)
• Alejandro Orozco, VP Fair Banking Officer at Bankers Trust (Mexico)

2010

• Cyndi Chen (deceased) (Taiwan)
• Zeljka Krvavica, Case Manager with the Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Shazia Manus, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer at AdvantEdge Analytics, CUNA (Bangladesh)

2009

• Suku Radia, Bankrs Trust, retired (Uganda)
• Ying Sa, CEO/Managing Partner at Community CPA (China)
• Yogesh Shah, Director of Palliative Care at Broadlawns Geriatric and Memory Center (India)
• Sol Varisco-Santini, Assistant General Manager at H&K Manufacturing (Argentina)

2008

• Penny Furgerson, Executive & Artistic Director at Gateway Dance Theatre (India)
• Doua Lor, Sergeant/Asian Outreach Resource Officer at Des Moines Police Department (Laos)
• Rohey Sallah, Iowa College Aid (Gambia)
• Alma Reed Coon, Independent Associate at LegalShield (Philippines)

2007

• Eric Idehen, VP Community Development Consultant at Wells Fargo (Nigeria)
• Alba Perez, retired (Honduras)
• Swallow Yan, Executive Director for the Chinese Association of Iowa (China)

2006

• Luca Berrone, President of SACMI USA (Italy)
• Swati Dandekar, Owner at Thirty Ninth Street Strategies, LLC (India)
• Wangmeng Lee, Hmong Lao Foundation (Laos)

2005

• Juliet Cunningham (Iraq)
B.J. Do, CEO of ABC Virtual Company (Vietnam)
• Joe Gonzalez, Executive Director of Iowa’s Latino Heritage festival (Mexico)
• Sonia Parras-Konrad, Law Office of Sonia Parras (Spain)
• Liansuo Xie, Global CAD Manager at Marel Meat Processing Inc. (China)

2004

• Deniz Franke, financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Turkey)
• Dau-Shen Ju, Psychologist at Iowa City VA (Taiwan)
• Vinh Nguyen, ELL Assessment & Accountability Specialist at the Des Moines Public Schools (Vietnam)
• Surasee (See) Rodari, VP Consumer Services Manager at Bankers Trust (Thailand)
• Claudius M. Sillah, Senior Internal Auditor at University of California Santa Cruz (Sierra Leone)

2003

• Som Baccam, Claims Medical Specialist RN at Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company (Laos)
• Karuna Sayeed, Physician, retired (India)
• Isak Sivi, CEO of Real Optics, Inc. (Turkey)
• Alicia Stessman (Bolivia)
• Fred Lorber (deceased) (Austria)

2002

• Sahar Al-Shash (Syria)
• Fasil Kebede, Utility Specialist at State of Iowa (Ethiopia)
• Elizabeth Salinas Newby, author (Mexico)
• Kumsan Song, physician, retired (Republic of Korea)
• Mario Soria (deceased) (Bolivia)