2011
Eric Newell, Chairman of Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC)
Katie Clark, Executive Director, Minnesota Trade Office
2010
Ambassador Gary Doer, Government of Canada
Jayson Myers, President & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Governor Tim Pawlenty, State of Minnesota
Peter Warwick, President & CEO, Thomson Reuters, Legal
2009
Claude Jodoin, Corporate Tax Attorney, Fasken Martineau, Montreal
Mel Machado, Associate Partner and National SR&ED Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ottawa
Tiffany Melvin, Executive Director, North America's SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc. (NASCO)
John Taft, Chairman, RBC Wealth Management
2006
Hon. Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan
2005
Allen Olson, International Joint Commission
2004
Hon. James Blanchard, Former Ambassador to Canada, Governor, and Congressman
Jack Mintz, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute
2003
Hon. Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exports
Governor Tim Pawlenty, State of Minnesota
2002
Hon. Michael Kergin, The Ambassador of Canada
2001
Dale Botting, CEO, Saskatoon Regional Development Authority Inc.
Hon. Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba
Doug Leatherdale, Chairman and CEO, The Saint Paul Companies
Hon. James Maddin, Mayor of the City of Saskatoon
2000
Greg Arason, President and CEO, the Canadian Wheat Board
Gord Cummings, CEO, Agricore
Wayne Robinson, Director, Estey Centre
Rick Zebinski, Vice President, New Flyer Industries
1999
Frank Claydon, Canadian Deputy Minister for Mid-West Business Development
Kerry Hawkins, President, Cargill Limited, the Canadian Subsidiary of Cargill Inc.
Stuart McKay, Director, KPMG Vancouver
Gary Stern, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Al Stroucken, President and CEO, H.B. Fuller
1998
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, President and CEO, Carlson Companies, Inc.
1997
Hon. Janice MacKinnon, Minister of Saskatchewan Economic and Co-op Development, and Government House Leader
1996
Peter Karl Kresl, Professor of Economics, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
Michel Vennat, Chairman of the Board, Council for Canadian Unity