| NPB |
Honorary Chairs |
Main Speaker |
| 1953 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Sen. Frank Carlson / Conrad Hilton |
| 1954 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Chief Justice Earl Warren |
| 1955 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Rev. Billy Graham |
| 1956 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Howard E. Butt, Jr., Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1957 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Kenneth Keyes, Miami, FL |
| 1958 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Charles E. Wilson, President of People-to-People, Inc. |
| 1959 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Sen. Frank Carlson / Rev. Richard C. Halverson |
| 1960 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Sen. John Stennis / Hon. John H. Cordle, M.P., United Kingdom |
| 1961 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1962 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Governor Price Daniel, Texas |
| 1963 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1964 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1965 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Lt. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
| 1966 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1967 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Sen. Frank Carlson & Hon. Henry H. Fowler, Secretary of the Treasury |
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| 1968 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Lt. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
| 1969 |
Sen. Frank Carlson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1970 |
Rep. Albert H. Quie |
Hon. James E. Allen, Jr., U.S. Commissioner for Education & Hon. Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense |
| 1971 |
Sen. B. Everett Jordan |
Hon. Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the United States |
| 1972 |
Rep. Albert H. Quie |
Hon. Walter E. Washington, Mayor-Commissioner of D.C. |
| 1973 |
Rep. Albert H. Quie |
Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| 1974 |
Sen. John C. Stennis |
Sen. Harold E. Hughes |
| 1975 |
Rep. John Dellenback |
Hon. Albert H. Quie |
| 1976 |
Rep. Richardson Preyer |
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield |
| 1977 |
Rep. Marjorie Holt |
Rep. James Wright, Majority Leader |
| 1978 |
Sen. James B. Allen |
Hon. Max Cleland, Administrator, US Veterans Affairs |
| 1979 |
Rep. Richard T. Schulze |
The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, Archbishop of Newport |
| 1980 |
Sen. Mark Hatfield (OR) |
Rep. Guy Vander Jagt |
| 1981 |
Rep. Elwood Hillis |
Governor Albert H. Quie |
| 1982 |
Sen. William L. Armstrong |
Sen. Pete Domenici |
| 1983 |
Rep. Arlan Strangeland & Rep. Charles Whitley |
General John Vessey, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1984 |
Sen. Mark Hatfield |
Hon. Barbara Jordan (Former Rep.) |
| 1985 |
Rep. Ralph Regula |
Hon. George Deukmejian, Governor of California |
| 1986 |
Sen. Lawton Chiles |
Sen. John Stennis |
| 1987 |
Sen. Dan Coats |
Hon. Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation |
| 1988 |
Sen. Lawton Chiles |
Sen. William Armstrong |
| 1989 |
Rep. Bob Stump |
Sen. Alan Simpson |
| 1990 |
Sen. Charles E. Grasseley |
Hon. James A. Baker III, Secretary of State |
| 1991 |
Rep. Charles W. Stenhom |
Joe Gibbs, Head Coach, Washington Redskins |
| 1992 |
Sen. Ted Stevens |
Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra |
| 1993 |
Rep. Bill Emerson |
Dr. Billy Graham |
| 1994 |
Sen. Howell Heflin |
Mother Teresa of Calcutta |
| 1995 |
Rep. Martin Lancaster |
Hon. Andrew Young |
| 1996 |
Sen. Bob Bennett |
Sen. Sam Nunn |
| 1997 |
Rep. Bill Barrett |
Dr. Ben Carson |
| 1998 |
Sen. Danny Akaka |
Sen. Connie Mack |
| 1999 |
Rep. Steve Largent |
Max Lucado, San Antonio, TX |
| 2000 |
Sen. Connie Mack |
Sen. Joe Lieberman |
| 2001 |
Rep. Zach Wamp |
Sen. Bill Frist |
| 2002 |
Sen. John Edwards & Sen. Jon Kyl |
Admiral Vernon Clark, Chief of Naval Operations |
| 2003 |
Rep. Ray La Hood |
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser |
| 2004 |
Sen. James M. Inhofe & Sen. Bill Nelson |
Rep. John Lewis, Former Cong. J.C. Watts |
| 2005 |
Rep. JoAnn Emerson |
Amb. Tony Hall (Former Rep.) |
| 2006 |
Sen. Norm Coleman & Sen. Mark Pryor |
Bono, Rock Musician, Ireland |
| 2007 |
Rep. Jo Ann Davis & Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II |
Dr. Francis S. Collins, Bethesda, MD |
| 2008 |
Sen. Mike Enzi & Sen. Ken Salazar |
Ward Brehm, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2009 |
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers & Rep. Heath Shuler |
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair |
| 2010 |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar & Sen. Johnny Isakson |
Hon. Hilary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State |
| 2011 |
Rep. Jeff Miller & Former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick |
Mr. Randall Wallace, Film maker |
| 2012 |
Sen. Jeff Sessions & Sen. Mark Pryor |
Mr. Eric Metaxas, Author and Cultural Commentator |
| 2013 |
Sen. Jeff Sessions & Sen. Mark Pryor |
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. |
| 2014 |
Rep. Louie Gohmert & Rep. Janice Hahn |
Hon. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. AI.D. |
| 2015 |
Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. & Sen. Roger F. Wicker |
Mr. Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR Commentator |
| 2016 |
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt & Rep. Juan Vargas |
Mr. Mark Burnett and Ms. Roma Downey, Film and Television Producers |
| 2017 |
Sen. John Boozman & Sen. Christopher Coons |
U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black |
| 2018 |
Rep. Randy Hultgren & Rep. Charlie Crist |
Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Cedric Richmond |
| 2019 |
Sen. Chris Coons & Sen. James Lankford |
Mr. Gary Haugen, CEO and Founder, International Justice Mission |
| 2020 |
Rep. John Moolenaar & Rep. Tom Suozzi |
Mr. Arthur Brooks, Professor and columnist |
| 2021 |
Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. John Moolenaar & Rep. Tom Suozzi |
Ambassador Andrew Young, Former US Representative to the UN |
| 2022 |
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand & Sen. Mike Rounds |
Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative |
| 2023 |
Rep. Lucy McBath & Rep. Tim Walberg |
Pastor Jim Cymbala and
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie |
| 2024 |
Rep. Tracey Mann & Rep. Frank Mrvan |
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