ILA Awards
Listener of the Year
Listener of the Year award winners are individuals who are nationally or internationally prominent listeners. Nominees should epitomize the highest standards and principles of effective listening.
2023 - The Active Listening Center at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria AND Otto Scharmer and the Presencing Institute
2021 - Kate Murphy
2020 - Amy Anderson/Helms Briscoe
2018 - National Alliance on Mental Health
2018 - The United Nations
2017 - Robert Hurst, Headquarters Counseling Center
2016
2015 - Dick Cavett
2014 - Dr. Gabriel Sara
2013 - Howard Schultz
2012 - Michelle Obama
2011 - Nancy Kline
2010 - President Barack Obama
2009 - ChildLine and BT (U.K.)
2008 - Barnett Helzberg, Jr.
2007 - Sen. Feargal Quinn
2006 - Oprah Winfrey
2005 - Don Shelby
2004 - Hospice Home Care
2003 - President Jimmy Carter
2002 - Sandra Day O'Connor
2001 - Barry Kaufman
1992 - Alex Haley
1992 - C. Everett Koop
1992 - Herb True
1992 - Jack Nicklaus
1992 - Javier Perez de Cuellar
1992 - Jim Lehrer
1992 - Johnny Carson
1992 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
1992 - Robert MacNeil
1991 - Abigail Van Buren
1991 - Ann Landers
1991 - Barbara Bush
1991 - BBC Monitoring Services
1991 - Bernie Siegle
1991 - Billy Graham
1991 - Bo Jackson
1991 - Ernest Boyer
1991 - Garrison Keillor
1991 - James A. Baker III
1991 - Alan Greenspan
1991 - W. Edwards Deming
1991 - Worldwide Juries
1990
1989 - Bill Moyers
1988 - Hugh Downs
1987 - Jane Pauley
1986 - Tom Peters
1985 - Charles Kurault