The 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards
In 2023 the Congressional Hunger celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Our signature annual event will commemorate our three decades of impact, as we bring together leaders from government, philanthropy, the private sector, and the wider anti-hunger community to recognize distinguished leaders whose vision and commitment are paving the way to achieving zero hunger in the U.S. and around the world.
Our annual celebration of exemplary leaders in the fight to end hunger and poverty will return
Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 6-8 p.m.
Special thanks to these presenting sponsors of the 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards livestream:
30th Anniversary Hunger Leadership Awards Honorary Committee
Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.)
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.)
Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Representative Tracey Mann (R-Kan.)
Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
Representative Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Sponsor the 2023 Awards
Your sponsorship of the 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards helps us continue our work growing leaders and cultivating change.
Interested in becoming a 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards Sponsor? Contact Director of Development Laura Tarre today or complete the sponsorship form.
2023 Hunger Leadership Awards Sponsors
The Congressional Hunger Center would like to express our gratitude to the following generous sponsors of the 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards.
Harvester
Cultivator
SOWER
Planter
Gardener
Friend
AFSCME
American Frozen Food Institute
Lindsey Baker*
Bread for the World
Bunge North America
Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
International Dairy Foods Association
Karen Coble Edwards
National Corn Growers Association
National Farmers Union
National Grocers Association
North American Millers' Association
RESULTS
Ria Shah
SNAC International
Eric Steiner*
Mary Catherine Toker
Margaret Zeigler
*Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Alum
Interested in becoming a 2023 Hunger Leadership Awards Sponsor? Contact Director of Development Laura Tarre today.
Past Award recipients
We present outstanding leaders from the U.S. government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors with the Bill Emerson & Mickey Leland Hunger Leadership Award for their significant contributions in fighting hunger in the U.S. and around the world.
Chef José Andrés
Rev. David Beckmann
Senator Roy Blunt
Senator John Boozman
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Paul Carothers
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Senator Thad Cochran
USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon
Senator Chris Coons
Stephen and Ayesha Curry and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation
Representative Rosa DeLauro
Senator Elizabeth Dole
Senator Dick Durbin
Representative Jo Ann Emerson
Representative Sam Farr
Deborah A. Frank, MD, Founder Children’s HealthWatch
Senator Al Franken
Representative Marcia Fudge
USDA Secretary Dan Glickman
Ambassador Tony Hall
Senator Tom Harkin
Dominique Hazzard and DC Greens
Janie Simms Hipp
Senator Johnny Isakson
Representative Barbara Lee
Representative Lynn Jenkins
David Kantor
Senator Herb Kohl
Representative John Lewis
Senator Richard G. Lugar
Dora Martinez
Marshall Matz
Representative Michael McCaul
Representative Betty McCollum
Joan McGlockton and the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation
Representative James P. McGovern
Representative Gregory Meeks
Mary Jane Melendez and the General Mills Foundation
Manly Molpus
Representative Gwen Moore
Senator Jerry Moran
Representative Donald M. Payne
Matt Perin and the Kroger Co. Foundation
Representative Collin Peterson
Representative Chellie Pingree
The Poor People's Campaign
Senator Pat Roberts
Lisa Marsh Ryerson and AARP Foundation
Representative Bobby Scott
Representative Chris Smith
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Representative Jackie Walorski
Senator Roger Wicker
Jim Weill
Representative Frank Wolf
Senator Todd Young
We also recognize outstanding alums from the Bill Emerson National and Mickey Leland International Fellowships for their continued dedication to promote food security in the U.S. and around the world.
Ashley Aakesson
Giselle Aris
Damiana Astudillo
Lindsey R. Baker
Kate Bolz
Cara Brumfield
Michelle DeFreese
Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines
Anne-Claire Hervy
Carmen Jaquez
Michael Johnson
Shana McDavis Conway
Matt Newell-Ching
Adam Norikane
Tammy Palmer
Shane Murphy Goldsmith
Javier Silva
Richard H. Stolz
Christine Tran
Emily Wei
