Named for NCoC’s long-time chairman, Joseph H. Kanter, the Citizen of the Year Award is granted to a private citizen who has exemplified active citizenship in contributing to the public good.
Past Winners
Past winners have included: Desmond Meade, President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (2019), Mack McCarter, Founder of Community Renewal International (2018), Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University (2017), Arthur Dean, Chairman and CEO of Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America (2016), David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group (2013), Jack Miller, philanthropist, businessman, and chairman of the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History (2012), Jean Case and Steve Case (2011), TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel (2010), Philanthropists Eugene Lang (2008) & Ray Chambers (2007), Educational Pioneer Irasema Salcido (2006), Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (2005), and Senator Harris Wofford (2004).