History of the Jesse H. Jones Awards

Global Conversation with the 26th United States National Security Advisor 

• Lt. General H.R McMaster

International Citizen of the Year – Chairman and CEO of Philipps 66

• Mark Lashier

Global Education and Institutional Leadership Award – Chancellor of Houston Community College

• Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher

Global Philanthropy Award 

• The Chao Family

Global Leaders of Influence 

• Nory Angel – American Leadership Forum 
• Mohammad Anwar – Softway and Culture+ 
• Mary Bass – Spencer Stuart 
• Alma Del Toro – Blue Wave 
• Ali Dhanji – Raymond James 
• Darcie Durham – HTX Labs 
• Roland Garcia – Greenberg Traurig, LLP 
• Lilac Guzman – Gastech Engineering 
• Nicolas Jimenez – Comcast 
• Jessica Kipp – HP 
• Bonna Kol – Asia Society Texas 
• Peggy Livanios – U.S. Energy Stream 
• Amanda Martin-Brock – Aris Water Solutions 
• Elizabeth McGee 
• Maria Moncada Alaoui – Sonic Automotive 
• Russell Richard – Center for Houston’s Future 
• Jess Richards – Transocean 
• Andre’a Streeter – Microsoft 
• Tyson Voelkel – Texas A&M Foundation 

Global Conversation with the 43rd President of the United States of America 

• President George W. Bush 

International Citizen of the Year – President of ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 

• Linda DuCharme 

Global Education and Institutional Leadership Honoree – President of the University of Houston and Chancellor of the University of Houston System 

• Dr. Renu Khator 

Outstanding International Philanthropist Award 

• Syed Javaid Anwar 

Global Leaders of Influence 

• Hady Abdulhady – Thyssenkrupp Uhde USA 
• Aida Araissi – Bilateral Chamber of Commerce 
• Elaine Balagia – Liberty Energy 
• Filipe Barbosa – McKinsey & Company 
• Michael Carrasco – Alvarez and Marsal 
• Jorge Franz – Houston First Corporation 
• Ellen I. Goldberg – Sister Cities of Houston 
• Soha Haque – SH Strategies 
• Nomaan K. Husain – Husain Law 
• Kat Khosrowyar – Texas International Education Consortium 
• Jeff Miers – Amazon Web Services 
• Alissa Nixon – Siemens Digital Industries 
• Alexander W. Obregon – Comcast 
• Rick Pal – Zuhnë 
• Amb. Michael Pelletier – University of Houston 
• Mariela Poleo – Simon Bolivar Foundation 
• Luis Ruiz – The International Parliament of Education 
• Laura Schilling – TechnipFMC 
• Sanjiv Shah – Piper Sandler 
• Dalia Sherif – Lone Star College 
• Diana Strassmann – Rice University 
• Terry Stringer – Hewlett Packard 
• Walter Ulrich – Medical Bridges, Inc 
• Hector Villareal – Lucho 
• Matt Wilks – ProFrac Services 

Global Conversation with the 55th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 

• Kevin McCarthy 

International Citizen of the Year – President and Chief Operations Officer of HESS Corporation 

• Greg P. Hill 

Teacher of the Year – Principal Energy Institute High School 

• Lori Lambropoulos 

Teacher of the Year – Director of Center for Law. Engagement and Politics at Sam Houston State University 

• Mike Yawn 

Global Leaders of Influence 

• Brenda Boral – Boral Agency 
• Lisa Darling – AWTY International School 
• Francisco Gonzalez – Lopez Dorada Foods 
• Alicia Heiskell – GPS International 
• Linda Lorelle – Lorelle Media 
• Arthur Lyons – Indust Labs Inc. 
• Eduardo Marquez – Sidley Austin LLP. 
• Dr. Marie Moreno – Newcomer Success 
• Grace Olivares – Univision 
• Kris Pitta – Prudent Resources 
• Muhammad Saeed Sheikh – Community Organizer  
• Fernando Signorini – DOW Chemicals 
• Hilde Janne Skopen – Consul General of Norway 
• Val Thompson – International Focus Magazine 
• Uwen Ukpong – Amazon Web Services  
• Caroline Verot Moore – Fifth Third Bank 
• Patty Williams Downs – OneGoal 
• Vanessa Wyche – Johnson Space Center 

International Citizen of the Year – CEO of BP Wind Energy 

• Al Vickers 

International Citizen of the Year – Senior Vice President of Gulf of Mexico and Canada, BP 

• Starlee Sykes 

Global Leaders of Influence 

• Sofia Adrogue – Diamond McCarthy, LLP 
• Cristal Montanez Baylor – Hope for Venezuelan Refugees Project 
• Heahter Cykoski – ABB 
• Randy Czarlinsky – American Jewish Committee Houston 
• Linda Head – Lone Star College 
• Deanea LeFlore – The Ion 
• Katie Mehnert – ALLY Energy 
• Dr. Laura Murillo – Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce  
• Alicia Kerber Palma – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Miguel Sanchez – Nabors Industries
• Y. Ping Sun – Rice University, Yetter Coleman, LLP 

Global Conversation with 15th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy 

• Dan Brouillette 

International Citizen of the Year – Chairman and CEO of Noble Energy 

• David Stover
   

Global Leaders of Influence 

• Karen David- Greene – Weatherford 
• Flor Dimassi – GlobalSpeak Translations 
• Charles Foster – Foster LLP 
• Janette Marx- Airswift 
• Regina Mayor – KPMG 
• Janet Moore – Rice University, Honorary Consul of Georgia 
• David Morse – DBM Consulting Associates, LLC 
• Ashley North – Wells Fargo 
• Christopher Olson – Mayor’s office of Trade and International Affairs 
• Gordon Quan – Quan Law Group, PLLC 
• Farouk Shami – Farouk Systems Inc.  
• Lisa Shumate – Houston Public Media 

Global Conversation with Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.  

• Thomas Pickering  

Citizen of the Year – President of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company 

• Jeff Shellebarger 
  

Global Conversation with CEO of Crane Capital Operations and Owner of the Houston Astros  

• Jim Crane 

Citizen of the Year – President and CEO of Halliburton 

• Jeff Miller 

Global Conversation on Globalization and Business 

Citizen of the Year – CEO of General Electric 

• Jeffrey R. Immelt 

Global Conversation with the 11th Director of the Johnson Space Center and former Astronaut 

• Dr. Ellen Ochoa 

Citizen of the Year – CEO of the Texas Medical Center 

• Dr. Robert C. Robbins 
  

Global Conversation with the 13th U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  

• Richard L. Armitage 

Citizen of the Year – CEO and Chairman of ConocoPhillips  

• Ryan M. Lance 

Global Conversation with Former U.S. Senator from Louisiana 

• Mary Landrieu 

Honoree: John B. Walker, EnerVest Ltd.
Co-Honoree: Phil DeLozier, EnerVest Ltd. 

Global Conversation with Former U.S. Ambassador and 23rd Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs 

• Christopher Hill 

Citizen of the Year – 61st U.S. Secretary of State 

• James A. Baker III 

Global Conversation with 66th U.S. Secretary of State 

• Dr. Condoleezza Rice 

Citizen of the Year – Executive Chair of Baker Hughes Incorporated

• Chad C. Deaton 

Global Conversation with Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, India, Egypt, and the Philippines.  

• Frank G. Wisner 

Citizen of the Year – Founder and CEO of EOG Resources, Inc.  

• Mark Papa 

A Global Conversation on the Future of Energy 

Citizen of the Year – Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil  

• Rex W. Tillerson

A Global Conversation on American Power

• Speaker: Richard Armitage 

Citizen of the Year – CEO of El Paso Corporation 

• Doug Foshee

A Global Conversation with Former U.S. Senator 

• Robert Dole 

Citizen of the Year – Chairman, President and CEO of EOG Resources 

• Forrest Hoglund 

Global Conversation with the President of University of Oklahoma 

• David Boren 

Citizen of the Year – Chairman, President and CEO of Noble Corporation  

• James C. Day 

Global Conversation with 15th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 

• Robert Gates 

Citizen of the Year – Chairman, President and CEO of Newfield Exploration Company 

• Joe B. Foster  

Global Conversation with 17th White House Chief of Staff 

• Mack McLarty 

Citizen of the Year – Chairman, President and CEO of Marathon Oil Corporation 

• Clarence Cazalot, Jr. 

Global Conversation with 20th U.S. Secretary of Defense 

• William Cohen
  

Citizen of the Year – Former U.S. Ambassador to Austria 

• Roy Huffington 

ENERGY, THE ECONOMY, AND THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM

• Honoree & Speaker: Don Evans, Secretary of Commerce

Global Conversation with Former United States Senator 

• George Mitchell 

Citizen of the Year – Former Deputy Secretary of Energy 

• Bill White

Global Conversation with 20th U.S. Secretary of Defense 

• William Cohen  

Citizen of the Year – President and CEO of Conoco Inc 

• Archie Dunham

Global Conversation with the Founder of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Pulitzer Prize Winner 

• Daniel Yergin 

Citizen of the Year – Founder, CEO and Chairman of Enron 

• Kenneth Lay 

Global Conversatio with the 61st U.S. Secretary of State 

• James A. Baker III 

Citizen of the Year – CEO of Reliant Energy 

• Don Jordan 

Honoree: Alan Crain, Baker Hughes