2005 Honorees:
| Roger Ailes Chairman & CEO, Fox News Channel | David Petraeus Lt. General, U.S. Army |
| Geoffrey Canada Founder, The Harlem Children's Zone | Colin Powell Former U.S. Secretary of State |
| Francis Collins & J. Craig Venter Founder, Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Condoleezza Rice U.S. Secretary of State |
| Bill Drayton Founder & CEO, Ashoka | Howard Schultz President, Chariman & CEO, Starbucks Corporation |
| Paul Farmer & Jim Yong Kim Cofounders, Partners in Health | Donna Shalala President, University of Miami |
| Shirley Franklin Mayor, Atlanta | Bill Shore Founder & Executive Director, Share Our Strength |
| Thomas L. Friedman Columnist, the New York Times | Antonio Villaraigosa Mayor, Los Angeles |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Co-chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Rick Warren Pastor, Saddleback Church |
| Steve Jobs Cofounder & CEO, Apple Inc. | Meg Whitman President & CEO, eBay |
| Brian Lamb President & CEO, C-SPAN | Oprah Winfrey Founder, Harpo Productions Inc. |
| Larry Page & Sergey Brin Cofounders, Google Inc. |
Leaders of the Future:
| Cory Booker Mayor, Newark, NJ | Helen Grenier Cofounder, iRobot Corporation |
| Mike Feinberg & Dave Levin Cofounders, Knowledge is Power Program | William Thomas Founder, The Green House Project |
