Jury

Video Competition Jurists

Tom BrokawDistinguished Honorary Jurist
Tom Brokaw

TV Journalist/ Anchor / Author

Chad HurleyChad Hurley
CEO and Co-Founder
YouTube

Christina NormanChristina Norman
CEO, Oprah Winfrey Network

Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra
Author, Spiritual Guide

Yoko OnoYoko Ono
Artist / Activist
Social Entrepreneur

John CouchJohn Couch
Vice President of Education
Apple

James DamianJames Damian
Senior VP, Best Buy

Jimmy WalesJimmy Wales
Founder, Wikipedia

Nicholas KristofNicholas Kristof
New York Times

Antonio VillaraigosaAntonio Villaraigosa
Mayor, Los Angeles

BrokawBenjamin Jealous
President and CEO, NAACP

Liev SchreiberLiev Schreiber
Actor/ Writer/ Director

Jim KennedyJim Kennedy
Executive VP, Global Communications,
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Robert LynchRobert Lynch
President and CEO
Americans for the Arts

Craig NewmarkCraig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist

Trevor NeilsonTrevor Neilson
President, Global Philanthropy Group

Vartan GregorianVartan Gregorian
President
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Kirk and Anne DouglasKirk Douglas
Anne Douglas

Actor, Philanthropists

 

Songwriting Competition Jurists

Jack BlackInaugural VIP Jurist
Jack Black

Actor-Musician

Past Leadership VIP Jurists
2006 – 2008

Barack ObamaSenator Barack Obama

George ClooneyGeorge Clooney

Anderson CooperAnderson Cooper

Walter CronkiteWalter Cronkite

Wolf BlitzerWolf Blitzer