2020 Great Immigrants

The Honorees

 
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Born in Nigeria
Visual Artist
 
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im
Born in Sudan
Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
 
Fabian Arias
Born in Argentina
Pastor, Iglesia de Sion, Saint Peter’s Church, New York City
 
Geno Auriemma
Born in Italy
Head Coach, University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball
 
Carmen C. Bambach
Born in Chile
Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
Sven Beckert
Born in Germany
Professor of American History, Harvard University
 
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Born in Eritrea
Professor of Soil Science and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences, University of California, Merced
 
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
Born in Iran
Founder and CEO, RockCreek
 
Luciana Borio
Born in Brazil
VP, In-Q-Tel; Former Director, Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security Council
 
Joy Buolamwini
Born in Canada
Founder, Algorithmic Justice League; Researcher, MIT Media Lab
 
David Byrne
Born in Scotland
Musician and Filmmaker
 
Rukmini Callimachi
Born in Romania
Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times
 
Fadi Chehadé
Born in Lebanon
Co-CEO, Ethos Capital; Former President and CEO, ICANN
 
Raj Chetty
Born in India
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
 
Yaa Gyasi
Born in Ghana
Author
 
Hans M. Kristensen
Born in Denmark
Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
 
Marie Lafontant
Born in Haiti
Registered Nurse, Burn Unit, University of Chicago Medical Center
 
Pedro Martinez
Born in Mexico
Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District
 
Afaf I. Meleis
Born in Egypt
Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
 
Miriam Merad
Born in Algeria
Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Born in India
Author and Physician
 
Stephanie Murphy
Born in Vietnam
U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 7
 
Ana Navarro-Cárdenas
Born in Nicaragua
Political Strategist and Commentator, CNN; Cohost, The View
 
Catherine O'Hara
Born in Canada
Actress
 
Judea Pearl
Born in Israel
Computer Scientist and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Anna Podolanczuk
Born in Poland
Physician and Researcher, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
 
Monica Ponce de Leon
Born in Venezuela
Architect and Founder, MPdL Studio; Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Princeton University
 
Alexei Ratmansky
Born in Russia
Choreographer and Artist in Residence, American Ballet Theater
 
Teresa Romero
Born in Mexico
President, United Farm Workers
 
Goli Sheikholeslami
Born in Kuwait
President and CEO, New York Public Radio
 
Moncef Slaoui
Born in Morocco
Physician, Vaccine Researcher, and Chief Advisor, Operation Warp Speed
 
Art Spiegelman
Born in Sweden
Graphic Novelist and Cartoonist
 
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vincent Stewart
Born in Jamaica
Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
 
Lisa Su
Born in Taiwan
President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
 
Ramon Tallaj
Born in Dominican Republic
Physician; Founder and Chair, SOMOS
 
M. Stanley Whittingham
Born in England
Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University, State University of New York
 
Paul Yoon
Born in South Korea
Rescue Paramedic, FDNY
 
Eric Yuan
Born in China
Founder and CEO, Zoom