2020: Kirsten Gillibrand '88
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand '88 is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. She served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
2017: Leah D. Daughtry '84
The Reverend Leah D. Daughtry is a nationally recognized teacher, preacher, speaker, organizer, leader, and political strategist. President and CEO of On These Things, LLC., Partner in BCT Consulting Group, LLC., Pastor and Jurisdictional Elder for The House of the Lord Church in Washington, DC and Southeast Region, respectively; former Resident Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, former Chief Executive Officer of the 2008 and 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee, former member of the Board of Visitors for the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College, former Board of Directors of Randolph Evans Memorial Scholarship Fund, and former Trustee of The House of the Lord Churches. An At-Large Member of the Democratic National Committee, member of its Rules & Bylaws Committee; Chair, Nominating Committee, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW); and Board of Directors for American Values Network.
2012: Brian Walsh '65
Past Chair, Board of Selectmen, Hanover, NH
2009: John Hoeven '79
Former Governor of North Dakota (2000-2010), former President & CEO of the Bank of North Dakota (1993-2000), former Executive Vice President of First Western Bank in Minot (1986-1993), member of the U.S. Senate from North Dakota (2011- )
2008: Rob Portman '78
Lawyer and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2006-2007), United States Trade Representative (2005-2006), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1993- 2005), U.S. Senator from Ohio (2011- )
2007: Louis F. Oberdorfer '39
U.S. District Court Judge, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General - Tax Division, former Co-Chairman of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and former President of the D.C. Bar
2006: Timothy Geithner '83
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (Obama Administration, 2009-2013), former President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former U.S. Under Secretary for International Affairs, former Director of Policy Development and Review, International Monetary Fund
2005: Stephen Bosworth '61
Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (1997-2000), Ambassador to the Philippines (1984-1987), and Ambassador to Tunisia (1979-1981). Previous Foreign Service assignments include Paris, Madrid, Panama City, and Washington DC, serving as Director of Policy Planning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Director of the Office of Fuels and Energy. Dartmouth College Trustee
2004: H. Carl McCall '58
Former New York State Comptroller, New York State Senator, Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights, Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, UN Ambassador, and President of the New York City Board of Education
2003: Susan Holmes '84
Environmental activist and former Senior Legislative Representative at Earthjustice in Washington, DC
2002: Robert B. Reich '68
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Massachusetts Candidate for Governor
1999: Angus King '66
Former Governor of Maine (1995-2003), U.S. Senator from Maine (2013- )
1998: Stuart Simms '72
Former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, formerly with the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
1995: John McKernan '70
Former Governor of Maine (1987-1995), former member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maine (1983-1987)
1993: C. Everett Koop '37
Former U.S. Surgeon General
1990: Jonathan Moore '54
Former UN Ambassador, U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council, and UN Ambassador-at-large for Refugee Affairs