1989: Darrell Yee, President, AIDS Emergency Fund; and Lenore Chinn, Commissioner, SF Human Rights Commission

1990: Lin-Chi Wang, Asian American Studies Dept, UC Berkeley

1992: Janice Mirikitani

1993: J Craig Fong, Western Regional Director, Lambda Legal Defense Fund

1994: Helen Zia, former Editor of Ms. Magazine

1995: Norm Mineta, Congressman, 15th Congressional District

1996: Arthur Dong, Filmmaker

1997: Leland Yee, Supervisor, City & County of SF

1999: Al & Jane Nakatani

2002: Jeff Adachi, SF Public Defender

2004: Alec Mapa

2005: Evan Low, Mayor of Campbell, CA

2006: George Takei

2008: Margaret Cho

2018: Sam Park, Rep. Georgia House District 101

2022: Rob Bonta, California Attorney General

2024: Mark Takano, Representative, U.S. House CA District 39