Previous Person of the Year Recipients and Guest Speakers

2004 Person of the Year Emma Groves. Guest Speaker Rev Jesse Jackson

2006- Person of the Year Fr Alex Reid Guest Speaker Congressman Marty Meehan, Boston

2007 - Person of the Year First and Deputy First Minister Guest Speaker President Mary McAleese

2008- Person of the Year Fr Aidan Troy Guest Speaker Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland

2009- Person of the Year Tom Hartley  Guest Speaker Christine Quinn, Speaker of the New York City Council

2010- Person of the Year Naomi Long Guest Speaker John Ging, UN

2011- Person of the Year Geraldine Finucane Guest Speaker Taoiseach Enda Kenny

2012- Person of the Year Michael McKillop Guest Speaker David Ford, Justice Minister

2013- Person of the Year Joe Brolly & Shane Finnegan Guest Speaker President Micheal D. Higgins

2014- Person of the Year Oscar Knox Family Guest Speaker Comptroller Thomas. P. DiNapoli

2015- Person of the Year Anto Finnegan Guest Speaker Rep Dan Hunt in place of Mayor Marty Walsh

2016 – Person of the Year Fr. Gary Donegan, Guest Speaker Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

2017 – Person of the Year Margaret McGuckin, Survivors of Institutional Abuse Network, Guest Speaker, Minster Michael Russell, Scotland

2018 – Person of the Year Ballymurphy Massacre Families, Guest Speaker President of Ireland Michael D Higgins 

2019 – Person of the Year Gerard Rice, Founder LORAG, Guest Speaker Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston 

2020 – Person of the Year Pat Cullen, President Royal College of Nurses, Guest Speaker, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney 

2021 – Person of the Year Monica Culbert and Eilish Rooney, Guest Speaker Minister of Health, Robin Swann MLA, Ulster Unionist Party 

2022 - Person of the Year: Harry Connolly, Fáilte Feirste Their, Kevin Gamble, Féile an Phobail; Guest Speaker Naomi Long MLA, Leader Alliance Party