Over four decades, Martha Bergmark has been a leader in the movement to fulfill America’s promise of justice for all. Martha is the founding executive director of Voices for Civil Justice, a national communications hub for civil legal aid that launched in 2013. Martha is a passionate spokesperson for delivering on the promise of equal justice under law...

Eugene Robinson (1970, SC) is a politics and culture columnist for The Washington Post. In 2009, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for “his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture.”

Jane Case Williams was the Executive Director of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program from 1975-1979. During this time, she was influential in the expansion of the National Recognition Program and also adding Arts Scholars to the program.